Definition of Mutative

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation.

Derivative terms: Mutate
Partainyms: Mutation

Definition of Mutative

1. Adjective. Relating to mutation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mutative

1. mutation [adj] - See also: mutation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mutative

mutate
mutated
mutated contraction
mutates
mutatin'
mutating
mutation
mutation rate
mutational
mutational frequency
mutationally
mutationless
mutations
mutatis characteribus
mutatis mutandis
mutative (current term)
mutator
mutators
mutatory
mutawa
mutaween
mutch
mutches
mutchkin
mutchkins
mute cancel
mute e
mute h
mute point

Literary usage of Mutative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Brief Outline of an Analysis of the Human Intellect: Intended to Rectify the by James Rush (1865)
"The Partial mode of mutative perception is exemplified in those who are regarded as the leading, but who are too often the driving characters of the world. ..."

2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"The Semitic or intro-mutative languages, in which grammatical relations are expressed by internal changes in the vowels of ..."

3. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"The Semitic or intro-mutative languages, in which grammatical relations are expressed by internal changes in the vowels of ..."

4. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language for the Use of by Frederic Baraga (1878)
"When the third person singular, above mentioned, ends in a consonant, you must first add to this third person the mutative towel, and then the termination ..."

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