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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

]

—Related forms

al·ter·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See adjust, change.

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–noun

David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.

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alter.

alteration.

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al·ter Audio Help   (ôl'tər) Pronunciation Key
v.   al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters

v.   tr.

To change or make different; modify: altered my will.
To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
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

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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.]

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.

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