Law A defendant who refuses to plead when under arraignment.
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Linguistics A plosive; a stop.
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Linguistics A silent letter.
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Music Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
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Often Offensive One who is incapable of speech.
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adjective
Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
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Law Refusing to plead when under arraignment.
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Linguistics Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.
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Linguistics Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.
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Often Offensive Unable to speak.
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verb-transitive
To soften or muffle the sound of.
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To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.
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verb
To evacuate the cloaca.
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To tone down .
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To muffle, reduce, or eliminate the sound of.
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