mutate

1. (intransitive) To undergo mutation.
2. (transitive) To cause mutation.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuːˈteɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1796; back-formation from mutation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Latin mūtō (“to exchange; to change, to vary”). Doublet of moult.

Synonyms

transform

vary

transmute

change

modify

mutation

saltation

shift

transfigure

transition

transmogrify

transubstantiate

turn

accident

change state

break

convert

discontinuity

metamorphose

Translations

muter

mutieren

mutar

mutar

mudar

μεταλλάσσομαι

تغيّر

mutare

verändern

mudar

mutare

muteren

deformar

değişmek

zur Mutation anregen