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MUTE is validvalid
characterized by an absence of speech [adj MUTER, MUTEST] : MUTENESS [n] / to deaden the sound of [v MUTED, MUTES, MUTING] : MUTEDLY [adv]
dumb [adj MUTER, MUTEST, MUTELY] / to deaden the sound of [v MUTED, MUTING, MUTES]