muten
English
Etymology 1
Verb
muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)
- (transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become mute or muted.
- 1988, Annales Zoologici Fennici, volume 25, page 258:
- The passage of auditory cues was also prevented by cutting off the wings of the males, ie. by "mutening” the males.
- 2009, W. B. Baker, The Lion and the Falcon, page 137:
- The silent, twin-fanged fury of its king
On mutened men, who have no voice to sing.
Etymology 2
From Middle French mutiner.
Verb
muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
muten
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Spanish
Verb
muten
- inflection of mutar:
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