alter
[ awl-ter ]
/ ˈɔl tər /
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verb (used with object)
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.
to castrate or spay.
verb (used without object)
to change; become different or modified.
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Origin of alter
1350–1400; Middle English <Old French alterer<Late Latin alterāre to change, worsen, derivative of Latin alter other
synonym study for alter
1. See adjust,
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altar, alterDefinition for alter (2 of 3)
Alter
[ awl-ter ]
/ ˈɔl tər /
noun
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
Definition for alter (3 of 3)
alter.
abbreviation
alteration.
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alter
/ (ˈɔːltə) /
verb
Derived forms of alter
alterable, adjectivealterably, adverbalterability, nounWord Origin for alter
C14: from Old French alterer, from Medieval Latin alterāre to change, from Latin alter other
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