Mute: alternatives and connections

Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

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Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

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Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

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To make soft or more soft.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

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The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

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The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

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The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

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The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

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Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

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Having no tongue.

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Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless.

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