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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]: altering n : the sterilization of an animal [syn: {neutering}, {fixing}]
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