change, modify; be changed, be modified
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Alter Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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second/further/next/other/latter/some person/thing (actually PRON); either
second/further/next/other/latter/some person/thing (actually PRON); either
(adv.) otherwise.
novo
muto
otherwise
Alter Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
(v. t.)
To geld.
To geld.
(v. t.)
To agitate; to affect mentally.
To agitate; to affect mentally.
(v. i.)
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
alter
\al"ter\, v. i. to become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. "the law of the medes and persians, which altereth not." vi. 8.
alter
\al"ter\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. altered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. altering.] [f. altérer, 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." it gilds all objects, but it alters none. my covenant will i not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. lxxxix. 34.
2. to agitate; to affect mentally. [obs.]
3. to geld. [colloq.]
To make change
Amgenu = v. to differ, to alter
Arallu = v. to alter; to invert
Newid = n. change, v. to change, to alter
Newidio = v. to change, to alter, to become changed
Verb
1. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
(synonym) change, modify
(hyponym) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
(cause) change
(derivation) alteration, modification, adjustment
2. make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
(synonym) change, vary
(hyponym) alternate, jump
3. make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
(hypernym) change, modify
(entail) sew, tailor, tailor-make
(derivation) alteration, modification, adjustment
4. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
(synonym) interpolate, falsify
(hypernym) edit, redact
5. remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
(synonym) neuter, spay, castrate
(hypernym) sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
(hyponym) defeminize, defeminise
Alter Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Alter Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
To alter generally means to change something, and may refer to:
- Alter (name), people named Alter
- Alter (automobile)
- Alter (crater), lunar crater
- Alter Channel, Greek TV channel
- Archbishop Alter High School, Roman Catholic high school in Kettering, Ohio
- "Alter", a song by Raven from their 1994 album Glow
- ALTER, command in older implementations of COBOL
- Alter ego, or "alter" in popular usage, a "second self"
- Alter (SQL)
- Alter (aircraft constructor)
- Alter (album), 2002 album by Floater
- Alter, 2006 remix album by Swiss band Knut
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Alter Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
ALTER - To change. Alterations are made either in the contract itself, or in the instrument which is evidence of it. The contract may at any time be altered with the consent of the parties, and the alteration may be either in writing or not in writing.
It is a general rule that the terms of a contract under seal, cannot be changed by a parol agreement. But it has been decided that an alteration of a contract by specialty, made by parol, makes it all parol.
When the contract is, in writing, but not under seal, it may be varied by parol, and the whole will make but one agreement.
When the contract is evidenced by a specialty, and it is altered by parol, the whole will be considered as a parol agreement.
ALTERATION - An act done upon an instrument in writing by a party entitled under it, without the consent of the other party, by which its meaning or language is changed; it imports some fraud or design on the part of him who made it. This differs from spoliation, which is the mutilation of the instrument by the act of a stranger.
When an alteration has a tendency to mislead, by so changing the character of the instrument, it renders it void; but if the change has not such tendency, it will not be considered an alteration.
A spoliation, on the contrary, will not affect the legal character of the instrument, so long as the original writing remains legible; and, if it be a deed, any trace of the seal remains.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.It is a general rule that the terms of a contract under seal, cannot be changed by a parol agreement. But it has been decided that an alteration of a contract by specialty, made by parol, makes it all parol.
When the contract is, in writing, but not under seal, it may be varied by parol, and the whole will make but one agreement.
When the contract is evidenced by a specialty, and it is altered by parol, the whole will be considered as a parol agreement.
ALTERATION - An act done upon an instrument in writing by a party entitled under it, without the consent of the other party, by which its meaning or language is changed; it imports some fraud or design on the part of him who made it. This differs from spoliation, which is the mutilation of the instrument by the act of a stranger.
When an alteration has a tendency to mislead, by so changing the character of the instrument, it renders it void; but if the change has not such tendency, it will not be considered an alteration.
A spoliation, on the contrary, will not affect the legal character of the instrument, so long as the original writing remains legible; and, if it be a deed, any trace of the seal remains.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Alter Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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