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muting

[myoot]

Origin

adjective

silent; refraining from speech or utterance.

not emitting or having sound of any kind.

incapable of speech; dumb.

(of letters) silent; not pronounced.

Law. (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).

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Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

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noun

a person incapable of speech.

an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.

Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.

10.

Also called sordino. a mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.

11.

Phonetics. a stop.

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British Obsolete. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.

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verb (used with object)

13.

to deaden or muffle the sound of.

14.

to reduce the intensity of (a color) by the addition of another color.

Origin:
1325–75; < Latin mūtus dumb; replacing Middle English muet < Middle French, equivalent to Old French mu (< Latin mūtus) + unexplained suffix -et; compare -et

Related forms

mute·ly, adverb

mute·ness, noun

Can be confused: moot, mute.

Synonyms
3. still. See dumb.

Antonyms
1. talkative.

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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

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first recorded 1811, of stringed instruments, 1841, of horns.

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American Heritage

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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