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"Mute" Definition

noun

Law A defendant who refuses to plead when under arraignment.
Linguistics A plosive; a stop.
Linguistics A silent letter.
Music Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
Often Offensive One who is incapable of speech.

adjective

Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
Law Refusing to plead when under arraignment.
Linguistics Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.
Linguistics Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.
Often Offensive Unable to speak.

verb-transitive

To soften or muffle the sound of.
To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.

verb

To evacuate the cloaca.
To tone down .
To muffle, reduce, or eliminate the sound of.

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