Definition of mute

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Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

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Commuter :: Commuter (n.) One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
Media :: Media (n.) One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute..
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute..
Mute :: Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.
Deaf-mutism :: Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute.
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..
Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry..
Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute..
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals..
Commuted :: Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commut.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
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