Definition of alter

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Alter (v. i.) To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure..

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Sautrie :: Sautrie (n.) Psaltery.
Araucaria :: Araucaria (n.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible..
Tiger-eye :: Tiger-eye (n.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite..
Agglutinate :: Agglutinate (a.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2..
Litany :: Litany (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character..
Sesquialteral :: Sesquialteral (a.) Alt. of Sesquialterat.
Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters..
Psalterium :: Psalterium (n.) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.
Hackamore :: Hackamore (n.) A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal..
Wag-halter :: Wag-halter (n.) One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.
Emendation :: Emendation (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations..
Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
Bicker :: Bicker (v. i.) To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Jangle :: Jangle (v. i.) To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
Viridite :: Viridite (n.) A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation..
Transformation :: Transformation (n.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value..
Alterably :: Alterably (adv.) In an alterable manner.
Derogation :: Derogation (n.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks..
Alternativeness :: Alternativeness (n.) The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two..
Castrate :: Castrate (v. t.) To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
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