mutate

Meaning

1. To undergo mutation.
2. To cause mutation.

Concepts

mutate

transform

vary

change

transmute

modify

accident

discontinuity

mutation

saltation

break

change state

convert

metamorphose

shift

transfigure

transition

transmogrify

transubstantiate

turn

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuːˈteɪt/

Etymology

1818, back-formation from mutation (compare nutate), ultimately from Latin mūtō (“I move, I change, I vary”). Doublet of moult.