mutate[verb]Synonyms: transform, change, commute, metamorphize, metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, alter, modify, refashion, turn, vary
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mu‧tate /mjuːˈteɪt $ ˈmjuːteɪt/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of mutare 'to change']
1. if an animal or plant mutates, it becomes different from others of the same kind, because of a change in its
genetic structure:
Simple organisms like bacteria mutate rapidly.2. to change and develop a new form:
Technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲