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Definition for MUM
MUL'TURE
MUM
MUM
, a. [See Mumble, Mumm, and Mummery.]
Silent; not speaking. The citizens are mum; say not a word. Shak.
As an exclamation or command, be silent; hush. Mum then, and no more proceed. Shak.
As a noun, silence. Hudibras.
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