mutate
mu·tate
verb
Origin
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.
Phrases
- mutatis mutandis
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