mutate
Pronunciation: /mjuːˈteɪt/
The English word “mutate” has 2 meanings listed here.
verb
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.
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