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mu·tate

(myo͞o′tāt, myo͞o-tāt′)

intr. & tr.v. mu·tat·ed, mu·tat·ing, mu·tates

To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.

[Latin mūtāre, mūtāt-, to change; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

mu′ta′tive (-tā′tĭv, -tə-tĭv) adj.

mu′ta′tor n.

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mutate

(mjuːˈteɪt)

(Genetics) to undergo or cause to undergo mutation

[C19: from Latin mūtātus changed, from mūtāre to change]

mutative adj

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mu•tate

(ˈmyu teɪt)

v. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. v.i.

1. to undergo mutation.

v.t.

2. to cause to undergo mutation.

[1810–20; < Latin mūtātus, past participle of mūtare to change; see -ate¹]

mu′ta•tive (-tə tɪv) adj.

mutate

Past participle: mutated
Gerund: mutating

Imperative
mutate
mutate

Present
I mutate
you mutate
he/she/it mutates
we mutate
you mutate
they mutate

Preterite
I mutated
you mutated
he/she/it mutated
we mutated
you mutated
they mutated

Present Continuous
I am mutating
you are mutating
he/she/it is mutating
we are mutating
you are mutating
they are mutating

Present Perfect
I have mutated
you have mutated
he/she/it has mutated
we have mutated
you have mutated
they have mutated

Past Continuous
I was mutating
you were mutating
he/she/it was mutating
we were mutating
you were mutating
they were mutating

Past Perfect
I had mutated
you had mutated
he/she/it had mutated
we had mutated
you had mutated
they had mutated

Future
I will mutate
you will mutate
he/she/it will mutate
we will mutate
you will mutate
they will mutate

Future Perfect
I will have mutated
you will have mutated
he/she/it will have mutated
we will have mutated
you will have mutated
they will have mutated

Future Continuous
I will be mutating
you will be mutating
he/she/it will be mutating
we will be mutating
you will be mutating
they will be mutating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mutating
you have been mutating
he/she/it has been mutating
we have been mutating
you have been mutating
they have been mutating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mutating
you will have been mutating
he/she/it will have been mutating
we will have been mutating
you will have been mutating
they will have been mutating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mutating
you had been mutating
he/she/it had been mutating
we had been mutating
you had been mutating
they had been mutating

Conditional
I would mutate
you would mutate
he/she/it would mutate
we would mutate
you would mutate
they would mutate

Past Conditional
I would have mutated
you would have mutated
he/she/it would have mutated
we would have mutated
you would have mutated
they would have mutated

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Verb

mutate - undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

revert - undergo reversion, as in a mutation

mutate

verb change, convert, transform, evolve, metamorphose, transmute, transfigure Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.

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mutate

verb

1. To make or become different:

alter, change, modify, turn, vary.

2. To change into a different form, substance, or state:

convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate.

Translations

mutatoidamutatoitua

mutante mutare mutazione

mutate

[mjuːˈteɪt]

A. VT (Bio) → mutar; (= change) → transformar

B. VI (Bio) → mutarse, sufrir mutación; (= change) → transformarse

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mutate

[mjuːˈteɪt] vi → subir une mutation

mutate

vi → sich verändern; (Biol) → mutieren (to zu); (Ling) → sich verwandeln (→ to in +acc); to mutate into something (fig) → sich in etw (acc) → verwandeln

vt → wandeln; (Biol) → zu einer Mutation führen bei

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mutate

[mjuːˈteɪt] vi → subire una mutazione

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