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Thesaurus: alter

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

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  1. v. t. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
  2. v. t. To agitate; to affect mentally.
  3. v. t. To geld.
  4. v. i. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
  5. v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  6. v. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  7. v. make an alteration to
  8. v. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
  9. v. remove the ovaries of
  10. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as,the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure."The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not." Dan. vi. 8.
  11. v:100 v. make an alteration to v. remove the ovaries of