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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Melaena :: Melaena (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood..
Whether :: Whether (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first..
Alternative :: Alternative (n.) An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
Altercated :: Altercated (imp. & p. p.) of Altercat.
Weather :: Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
Innovate :: Innovate (v. t.) To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.
Discolored :: Discolored (a.) Altered in color; /tained.
Discolor :: Discolor (v. t.) To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.
Delegate :: Delegate (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution..
Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance..
Decussated :: Decussated (a.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period..
Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
Sawtry :: Sawtry (n.) A psaltery.
Altern :: Altern (a.) Acting by turns; alternate.
Function :: Function (n.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x..
Wrangle :: Wrangle (v. i.) To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate.
Bindheimite :: Bindheimite (n.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite..
Intervary :: Intervary (v. i.) To alter or vary between; to change.
Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
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