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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Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan..
Mute :: Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Transmew :: Transmew (v. t. & i.) To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
Lene :: Lene (a.) Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /)..
Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Muteness :: Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To exchange; to barter; to traffic.
Semiimute :: Semiimute (a.) Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Moot-hill :: Moot-hill (n.) A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or courts were held by the Saxons; -- called, in Scotland, mute-hill..
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice..
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..
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute..
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
Semimute :: Semimute (n.) A semimute person.
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