Dumb

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To put to silence.

II. Dumb ·adj Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.

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

IV. Dumb ·adj Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.

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