Meanings
muten1
verbmuten (third-person singular simple present mutens, present participle mutening, simple past and past participle mutened)
present singular third person mutens · participle present mutening · participle past mutened · past mutened
- ambitransitiverareTo make or become mute or muted.
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 1371 more example
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
muten2
Origin
muten · verb
- Middle Frenchmutiner
- Middle Frenchmutiner
- Englishmuten
Borrowed from Middle French mutiner.
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muten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muten
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“muten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muten. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muten.
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