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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
altered
adj 1: changed in form or character without becoming something
else; "the altered policy promised success";
"following an altered course we soon found ourselves
back in civilization"; "he looked...with couded eyes
and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles
Dickens [ant: {unaltered}]
2: having testicles or ovaries removed [syn: {neutered}]
3: changed in order to improve or made more fit for a
particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area";
"instructions altered to suit the children's different
ages" [syn: {adapted}]
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