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mutate

 
Dictionary: mu·tate   (myū'tāt, myū-tāt') pronunciation
 
intr. & tr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.

To undergo or cause to undergo mutation.

[Latin mūtāre, mūtāt-, to change.]

mutative mu'ta'tive (-tā'tĭv, -tə-tĭv) adj.
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Thesaurus: mutate
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verb

  1. To make or become different: alter, change, modify, turn, vary. See change/persist.
  2. To change into a different form, substance, or state: convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate. See change/persist.

 
WordNet: mutate
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: undergo mutation


 
Translations: Mutate
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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - mutere
v. tr. - få til at mutere

Nederlands (Dutch)
muteren, veranderen

Français (French)
v. intr. - subir une mutation (un monstre), se métamorphoser (en)
v. tr. - faire subir une mutation à

Deutsch (German)
v. - mutieren, zur Mutation anregen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αλλοιώνω/-ομαι, μεταλλάσσω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
mutare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - transformar

Русский (Russian)
видоизменять, видоизменяться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - mudar, cambiar, transformar
v. tr. - mudarse, alterarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förorsaka mutation hos, förorsaka omljud av, mutera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
变化, 产生突变, 使变异

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 變化, 產生突變
v. tr. - 使變異

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 변화하다
v. tr. - 변화 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 変化する, 突然変異する, 母音変化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغير, يقلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התחלף, השתנה‬
v. tr. - ‮שינה, החליף, תיקן‬


 
 
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