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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Pantomime :: Pantomime (a.) Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance..
Permute :: Permute (v. t.) To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
Tithe :: Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges..
Mutism :: Mutism (n.) The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..
Vary :: Vary (v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
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..
Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
Whist :: Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
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..
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Liquid :: Liquid (n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids..
Inconvertible :: Inconvertible (a.) Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie..
Metamorphose :: Metamorphose (v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.
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..
Permuter :: Permuter (n.) One who permutes.
Commute :: Commute (v. i.) To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route..
Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..
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