mute

Not having the power of speech; dumb.

Thus, while the mute Creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their Earthy Mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected Eyes / Beholds his own hereditary Skies. / From ſuch rude Principles our Form began; / And Earth was Metamorphos'd into Man.

Silent; not making a sound.

He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire ſtood mute, / And ſilence was in Heav’n: […]

[…] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!

Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.

Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

A stopped consonant; a stop.

An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.

As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:

A person who does not have the power of speech.

The girl left, and presently returned, followed by two male mutes, to whom the Queen made another sign.

A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

He asked about the undertaking business, and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich’s remains […]

The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.

An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.

To silence, to make quiet.

To turn off the sound of.

Please mute the music while I make a call.