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–verb (used with object)
1.to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
2.to castrate or spay.
–verb (used without object)
3.to change; become different or modified.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < OF alterer < LL alterāre to change, worsen, deriv. of L alter other]

al·ter·er, noun

1. See adjust, change.
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–noun
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
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v.   al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters

v.   tr.
  1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.
  2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
  3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).

v.   intr.
To change or become different.


[Middle English alteren, from Old French alterer, from Medieval Latin alterāre, from Latin alter, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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alter 
c.1374, "to change (something)," from O.Fr. altérer, from M.L. alterare, from L. alter "the other (of the two)," from PIE *al- "beyond" + comp. suffix -ter (cf. other). Intr. sense "to become otherwise" first recorded 1590. Alteration "change in ready-made clothes to suit a customer's specifications" is from 1901.

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alter

verb
1. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" [syn: change
2. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" [syn: change
3. make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered" 
4. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby [syn: interpolate
5. remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" 

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alter [ˈoːltə] verb
to make or become different; to change
Example: Will you alter this dress (to fit me)?; The town has altered a lot in the last two years.
Arabic: يُغَيِّر
Chinese (Simplified): 改变
Chinese (Traditional): 改變
Czech: upravit, změnit (se)
Danish: ændre; forandre
Dutch: veranderen
Estonian: muutma, muutuma
Finnish: muuttaa, muuttua
French: modifier, changer
German: (sich) ändern
Greek: αλλάζω
Hungarian: megváltoztat, megváltozik
Icelandic: breyta
Indonesian: mengubah
Italian: modificare, cambiare
Japanese: 変わる
Korean: 바뀌다; 고치다
Latvian: pārtaisīt; pārmainīt; mainīties
Lithuanian: pakeisti
Norwegian: endre, *forandre (seg); sy om
Polish: zmieniać (się)
Portuguese (Brazil): alterar, modificar
Portuguese (Portugal): alterar(-se)
Romanian: a (se) schimba
Russian: переделывать; изменять(ся)
Slovak: upraviť, zmeniť (sa)
Slovenian: spremeniti
Spanish: cambiar, modificar, alterar
Swedish: ändra
Turkish: değiş(tir)mek
See also: alteration

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Alter

Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Altered; p. pr. & vb. n. Altering.] [F. alt['e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. Else, Other.]

1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." --Shak.

It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix. 34.

2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton.

3. To geld. [Colloq.]

Syn: Change, Alter.

Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.
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Alter

Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Altered; p. pr. & vb. n. Altering.] [F. alt['e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. Else, Other.]

1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." --Shak.

It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix. 34.

2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton.

3. To geld. [Colloq.]

Syn: Change, Alter.

Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.
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