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Search phrase: mute

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iii.76.2Thanks, sir. All the rest is mute.Thankes sir, all the rest is mute.
CymbelineCym III.v.154that thou wilt be a voluntary mute to my design.that thou wilt be a voluntarie Mute to my designe.
HamletHam II.ii.137Or given my heart a winking, mute and dumb,Or giuen my heart a winking, mute and dumbe,
Henry VH5 I.i.49And the mute wonder lurketh in men's earsAnd the mute Wonder lurketh in mens eares,
Henry VH5 I.ii.233Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth,Like Turkish mute, shall haue a tonguelesse mouth,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.277‘ Non point ’, quoth I; my servant straight was mute.No point (quoth I:) my seruant straight was mute.
PericlesPer Chorus.IV.26She sung, and made the night-bird mute,She sung, and made the night bed mute,
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.18That my woe-wearied tongue is still and mute.That my woe-wearied tongue is still and mute.
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.174Say she be mute and will not speak a word,Say she be mute, and will not speake a word,
The TempestTem IV.i.126There's something else to do. Hush and be mute,There's something else to doe: hush, and be mute
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.183Ah, why should wrath be mute and fury dumb?O why should wrath be mute, & Fury dumbe?
Twelfth NightTN I.ii.63Be you his eunuch, and your mute I'll be.Be you his Eunuch, and your Mute Ile bee,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.138Abandoner of revels, mute contemplative,Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.271Cannot be mute – or thought – for cogitationCannot be mute) or thought? (for Cogitation

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.227 Will not my tongue be mute, my frail joints shake, Wil not my tongue be mute, my fraile ioints shake?
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1123 And in my hearing be you mute and dumb; And in my hearing be you mute and dumbe,
SonnetsSonn.83.11 For I impair not beauty being mute, For I impaire not beautie being mute,
SonnetsSonn.97.12 And thou away, the very birds are mute. And thou away, the very birds are mute.
Venus and AdonisVen.208 Speak, fair; but speak fair words, or else be mute. Speake faire, but speake faire words, or else be mute:
Venus and AdonisVen.335 But when the heart's attorney once is mute, But when the hearts atturney once is mute,

Glossary

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dumbwordless, silent, mute
mumsilent, mute, saying nothing
mutedumb servant [as in a Turkish court]
muteactor with no words to say, silent spectator
tonguelessdumb, silent, mute

Thesaurus

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mutetongueless
mutedumb
mutemum

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
MUTEBASICmute adj, mute n

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