mutate definition - Dictionary

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mu·tate [ my tàyt, myoo táyt ] (past and past participle mu·tat·ed, present participle mu·tat·ing, 3rd person present singular mu·tates)

transitive and intransitive verb

Definition:

change: to undergo mutation, or make something undergo mutation

[Mid-18th century. Partly back-formation <mutation; partly < Latin mutat-, past participle of mutare "to change"]

mu·ta·tive [ my tàytiv, mytətiv ] adjective