MUTABILATEVERB
to change ...c1685 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin mutabilis changeable, from mutare to change + -ate FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1685 - See Example below EXAMPLE "..Fye, Doctor, Fye! you know it is a Folly, Thus to submit and yield to Melancholly; For 'twill mutabilate poor Nature's Light, And turn its Day into a gloomy Night;" From: The Works of Mr. Thomas Brown Advice to Dr. Oates Not to be Melancholly, in 1685, When a Prisoner in the King's Bench. SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881
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