mutate
[verb]
Synonyms: transform, change, commute, metamorphize, metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, alter, modify, refashion, turn, vary

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mu‧tate /mjuːˈteɪt $ ˈmjuːteɪt/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of mutare 'to change']

1. if an animal or plant mutates, it becomes different from others of the same kind, because of a change in its genetic structure:
Simple organisms like bacteria mutate rapidly.

2. to change and develop a new form:
Technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate.

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