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muten

muten verb: to make or become mute or muted.

Verb (1)

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

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become mute or muted.
    • The passage of auditory cues was also prevented by cutting off the wings of the males, i.e. by “mutening” the males.1988, Annales Zoologici Fennici, volume 25, page 258
    • The silent, twin-fanged fury of its king
      On mutened men, who have no voice to sing.2009, W. B. Baker, The Lion and the Falcon, page 137

Verb (2)

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

  1. (obsolete, rare) To mutiny.

Forms of muten

third-person singular presentmutens
present participlemutening
past participlemutened
pastmutened

Origin of muten

From mute + -en.

Borrowed from Middle French mutiner.

Questions about muten

What does muten mean?
Muten means to make or become mute or muted.
What part of speech is muten?
Muten is a verb.
What is the past tense of muten?
The past tense of muten is mutened.

Words near muten in the dictionary

  1. mutelid
  2. mutelids
  3. mutelist
  4. mutelists
  5. mutely
  6. muten
  7. muteness
  8. mutenesses
  9. muter
  10. muters
  11. mutes

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