How to pronounce mutate

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What mutate means

verb

To change into a new and different form

In a sentence: In the cartoon, the tiny caterpillar mutated into a purple giant.

Where it comes from: It was first used in 1796, formed from mutation. It goes back to a Latin word meaning "to change."

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