mutate

1818, back-formation from mutation^[1] (compare nutate), ultimately from Latin mūtō (“I move, I change, I vary”). Doublet of moult.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mjuːˈteɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmju.teɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

mutate (third-person singular simple present mutates, present participle mutating, simple past and past participle mutated)

1. (intransitive) To undergo mutation.

   The virus has mutated into a more resilient version.

2. (transitive) To cause mutation.

• mutatis mutandis
• mutation
• mutant

• Matute

mutate

1. inflection of mutare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

• temuta, umetta

mūtāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mūtō

mūtāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mūtātus

mutate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mutar combined with te