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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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