Sĕm'i-mūte',1, n.
n. [Prefix semi and mute.] One who, in consequence of the loss of the power of hearing, or from having never possessed it, is unable to speak perfectly; a semi-mute person.
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Semi-mute
Sēm'ĭ-mūte'2, a.
a. Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed; — applied to those who, from partial deafness, have acquired but imperfectly the power of speech, or who, having once possessed the faculty, have lost it in part, in consequence of the loss of hearing.