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adjective
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silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
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not emitting or having sound of any kind.
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incapable of speech; dumb.
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(of letters) silent; not pronounced.
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EXPANDLaw. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
noun
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a person incapable of speech.
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an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
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Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
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EXPANDPhonetics. a stop.
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COLLAPSEBritish Obsolete. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.
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verb (used with object)
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to deaden or muffle the sound of.
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to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.
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Word Origin & History
mute
late 14c., mewet "silent," from O.Fr. muet, dim. of mut, mo, from L. mutus "silent, dumb," probably from imitative base *mu- (cf. Skt. mukah "dumb," Gk. myein "to be shut," of the mouth). Assimilated in form in 16c. to L. mutus. The verb is first attested 1861. Related: Muted; muting. Musical noun sense
EXPANDfirst recorded 1811, of stringed instruments, 1841, of horns.
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Medical Dictionary
mute (my&oomacr;t)
adj.
Unable or unwilling to speak. n.
One who does not have the faculty of speech. No longer in technical use, considered offensive.
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