| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make or become less severe or extreme: moderate, qualify, soften, subdue, tame, temper, tone down. See INCREASE. 2. To decrease or dull the sound of: dampen, deaden, muffle, stifle. See INCREASE, SOUNDS. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech: aphonic, dumb, inarticulate, speechless, voiceless. See WORDS. 2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear: dumb, inarticulate, mum, silent, speechless, voiceless, wordless. See WORDS.
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