muten

English

Etymology 1

From mute +‎ -en.

Verb

muten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)

1. (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)

1. (obsolete, rare) To mutiny.

Anagrams

• tumen, unmet

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Catalan

Verb

muten

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Spanish

Verb

muten

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of mutar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of mutar.
3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of mutar.