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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.

verb

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

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.

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