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  • Gretaundefined Offline
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    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing ones or its former characteristics or essence

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    • RobertFawundefined Offline
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      insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

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        To become different.

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          To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

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            To alter is to change or modify something, often in a significant manner. This change can be physical, such as altering a piece of clothing to fit better, or abstract, such as altering an opinion or a plan.

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              to make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify

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              • Beckyundefined Offline
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                to agitate; to affect mentally

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                  awl′tėr, v.t. to make different: to change: (U.S.) to castrate.—v.i. to become different: to vary.—ns. Alterabil′ity, Al′terableness.—adj. Al′terable, that may be altered.—adv. Al′terably.—adj. Al′terant, altering: having the power of producing changes.—n. Alterā′tion, change.—adj. Al′terative, having power to alter.—n. a medicine that makes a change in the vital functions.—n. Alter′ity (Coleridge), the state of being other or different. [L. alter, another—al (root of alius, other), and the old comp. suffix -ter = Eng. -ther.]

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                    To change the form or structure of.

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                      To tailor clothes to make them fit.

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                        make an alteration to

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                          remove the ovaries of

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