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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Commuted :: Commuted (imp. & p. p.) of Commut.
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..
Transmuted :: Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmut.
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..
Whist :: Whist (v. i.) To be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute.
Silence :: Silence (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness..
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..
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..
Permutable :: Permutable (a.) Capable of being permuted; exchangeable.
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..
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..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Mute :: Mute (n.) The dung of birds.
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
Transmew :: Transmew (v. t. & i.) To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
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..
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2..
Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold..
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