Mutate Definition

myo͝otāt, myo͝o-tāt
mutated, mutates, mutating
verb
To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.
American Heritage
To change; specif., to undergo or cause to undergo genetic or linguistic mutation.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Mutate

  • Latin mūtāre mūtāt- to change mei-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin mutare (“to change")

    From Wiktionary

Mutate Sentence Examples

  • This allows the bacteria to overwhelm the medication, mutate, and become more resistant to it.

  • One main reason is that the virus is very mutable, and can readily mutate to escape immune detection.

  • Mittler (1977) Failure of chronic exposure to nonthermal fm radio waves to mutate Drosophila.

  • Mittler (1977) Failure of chronic exposure to nonthermal FM radio waves to mutate Drosophila.

  • To defeat Grays with shields, mutate and fire parasites at them.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUT

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With M and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With E