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Alter

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intransitive verb. To change or make different; modify.

intransitive verb. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.

intransitive verb. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).

intransitive verb. To change or become different.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make some change in; make different in some particular; cause to vary in some degree, without an entire change.

To change entirely or materially; convert into another form or state: as, to alter a cloak into a coat; to alter an opinion.

To castrate, emasculate, or spay, as an animal.

To exchange.

To agitate: as, ”altered and moved inwardly,” Milton, Areopagitica, p. 1.

To become different in some respect; vary; change.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

transitive verb. To agitate; to affect mentally.

transitive verb. To geld.

intransitive verb. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To change the form or structure of.

verb. To become different.

verb. To tailor clothes to make them fit.

verb. To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

verb. remove the ovaries of

verb. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

verb. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

verb. make an alteration to

Word Usage

"Over the alter is a painting of Christ and his twelve apostles at ye passover supper very naturally drawn, and over it a Large window full of fine paintings – the history of the testaments."

Antonyms

Words with the opposite meaning

continue fix maintain

cross-reference

change falsify

Form

alterable

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change edit modify redact

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

Americanize Europeanize Frenchify Islamize accelerate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Gibraltar Psalter Walter altar balter

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

Arcadia Gram-negative anaerobic blood-brain cell-adhesion

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

abate accommodate adapt adjust adjust to

verb-form

altered altering alters