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Webster 1913 Edition


mutation

mu-ta′tion

(mū̍-tā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
mutatio
, fr.
mutare
to change: cf. F.
mutation
. See
Mutable
.]
Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
The vicissitude or
mutations
in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mutation

MUTA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. mutatio.] The act or process of changing.
1.
Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.
The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument.