Definition of mutate
transitive verb
:to cause to undergo mutation
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Examples of mutate in a Sentence
a disease that mutates genes in humans
a group of mutated genes
Over time, her feelings mutated from hatred into love.
opera singers mutating into pop stars
Recent Examples of mutate from the Web
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The Invitation cleverly mutates the comedy of manners into the thriller of manners.
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Unlike bacterial infections, influenza, a virus, mutates.
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The effort to build the most sophisticated power, immortality, out of the simplest life form, endlessly mutating viruses, turns out to ruin man’s own complexity.
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Even worse: The bacteria have mutated to resist treatment.
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Many of her pieces explore and interrogate the idea of self and how that self mutates and adapts as it is viewed by others.
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Implicit in the duplicate-and-mutate model is the assumption that the toxins need to evolve rapidly to be effective because many venomous animals can be locked in an arms race with their toxins’ targets.
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There also does not seem to be any gene that causes autism every time it is mutated.
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What was once a slithery straightforward monster movie in space has mutated into an impressively ambitious but overly ornate saga with a general sense of deja vu.
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Origin and Etymology of mutate
Latin mutatus, past participle of mutare
MUTATE Defined for English Language Learners
mutate
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Definition of mutate for English Language Learners
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biology : to cause (a gene) to change and create an unusual characteristic in a plant or animal : to cause mutation in (a gene)
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: to change and cause an unusual characteristic to develop in a plant or animal
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: to change into something very different
MUTATE Defined for Kids
mutate
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mu·tate
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Definition of mutate for Students
mutated;
mutating
:to undergo genetic mutation
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