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altered

[awl-ter] Example Sentences Origin

al·ter

[awl-ter]
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.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French alterer < Late Latin alterāre to change, worsen, derivative of Latin alter other

al·ter·er, noun
half-al·tered, adjective
pre·al·ter, verb (used with object)
re·al·ter, verb
un·al·ter·ing, adjective
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well-al·tered, adjective
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altar, alter.


1. See adjust, change.

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  • The industry maintains that foods produced from genetically altered crops are harmless.
  • It might be altered before it is formally put before the trustees.
  • After the second world war, the organisation's character altered.
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Word Origin & History

alter
late 14c., "to change (something)," from O.Fr. alterer, from M.L. alterare "to change," from L. alter "the other (of the two)," from PIE *al- "beyond" + comp. suffix -ter (cf. other). Intransitive sense "to become otherwise" first recorded 1580s.
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