alter

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alter Definition

• (v) 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"
• (v) make or 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"
• (v) make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
• (v) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
• (v) remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"

alter Synonyms

• alter
• castrate
• change
• falsify
• interpolate
• modify
• neuter
• spay
• vary