alter
IPA: ˈɔɫtɝ
noun
- An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder); a member of a system.
- Misspelling of altar. [A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.]
verb
- (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
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Examples of "alter" in Sentences
- That's the extent of the alteration.
- Nothing changed with the alteration of the title.
- What if this referent was altered, changed or twisted
- It is not unthinkable to alter the structure of the article.
- Changes in strain on the wire alter the frequency of the wire.
- The changes altered the ethnic character of the burgher classes.
- The change in location has dramatically altered the character of the race.
- A blunder on the part of the Senate can not change or alter the Constitution.
- Altering the amount of antagonist used in the assay can alter the dose ratio.
- It is too inveterate to be now altered, even if it were desirable to alter it.
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