alter
alter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] Milton.
- 2.To geld. [Colloq.] Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.
- 3.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." Dan. vi. 8.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abettor
- ablegate
- accessory
- accomplice
- accredit
- acquaintance
- acting
- adherent
- adjunct
- adjutant
- adjuvant
- advocate
- after
- all
- ally
- alone
- ambo
- amigo
- among
- and
- angel
- answer
- appear
- archon
- assistant
- associate
- auxiliary
- backer
- bedfellow
- behalf
- best
- boon
- bosom
- brief
- candle
- casual
- centesimal
- certain
- chamber
- champion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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