verb ~ (into sth)
1 to develop or make sth develop a new form or structure, because of a GENETIC change:
[V] the ability of the virus to mutate into new forms * [VN] mutated genes
2 [V] to change into a new form:
Rhythm and blues mutated into rock and roll.
seealsoMUTATION
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