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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Change \Change\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Changed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Changing}.] [F. changer, fr LL cambiare to exchange,
barter, L. cambire Cf {Cambial}.]
1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one
state to another; as to change the position, character,
or appearance of a thing to change the countenance.
Therefore will I change their glory into shame.
--Hosea. iv
7.
2. To alter by substituting something else for or by giving
up for something else; as to change the clothes; to
change one's occupation; to change one's intention.
They that do change old love for new Pray gods,
they change for worse! --Peele.
3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by
with as to change place or hats, or money, with
another.
Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst
not for any interest, change thy fortune and
condition. --Jer. Taylor.
4. Specifically: To give or receive, smaller denominations
of money (technically called change) for as to change a
gold coin or a bank bill.
He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change
it --Goldsmith.
{To change a horse, or To change hand} (Man.), to turn or
bear the horse's head from one hand to the other from the
left to right or from the right to the left
{To change hands}, to change owners.
{To change one's tune}, to become less confident or boastful.
[Colloq.]
{To change step}, to take a break in the regular succession
of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the
hollow of one foot against the heel of the other and then
stepping off with the foot which is in advance.
Syn: To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate;
diversify; shift; veer; turn. See {Alter}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
changing
adj : marked by continuous change or effective action [syn: {ever-changing}]
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