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muted
(encz) | muted,ztlumený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
muted
(gcide) | muted \muted\ adj.
1. same as quiet; as, the muted atmosphere of a church.
Opposite of noisy.
Syn: hushed.
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2. softened; rendered less loud or harsh; -- of sounds and
instruments which produce sounds; as, muted trumpets.
Syn: dull, muffled, softened.
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muted
(wn) | muted
adj 1: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a
subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed,
muted, subdued, quiet]
2: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of
distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises
of the street"; "muted trumpets" [syn: dull, muffled,
muted, softened] |
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commuted
(encz) | commuted,dojížděl v: Zdeněk Brož |
permuted
(encz) | permuted,obměňovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožpermuted,permutovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
transmuted
(encz) | transmuted,přeměněný adj: Zdeněk Brožtransmuted,přeměnil v: Zdeněk Brožtransmuted,transmutoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Commuted
(gcide) | Commute \Com*mute"\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.] [L. commutare,
-mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.]
1. To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place
of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a
greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to
lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to
one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to
commute charges for fares.
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The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to
those two elements, it was certainly more natural to
call beings participating of the first "watery", and
the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and
call them by the reverse. --J. Harris
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The utmost that could be obtained was that her
sentence should be commuted from burning to
beheading. --Macaulay.
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Transmuted
(gcide) | Transmute \Trans*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Transmuting.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum;
trans across + mutare to change. See Mutable, and cf.
Transmew.]
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another;
to transform.
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The caresses of parents and the blandishments of
friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.
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Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy. --H. Smith.
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