(adj) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic, Ant. unalterable, Example:alterable clothing; alterable conditions of employment

alterable

(adj) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe

alteration

(n) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment), Syn. adjustment, modification

alter ego

(n) a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself

alternanthera

(n) genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera, Syn. genus Alternanthera

alternate

(v) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions, Syn. jump

alternate

(v) exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. “The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.” Dan. vi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alter

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.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Ps. lxxxix. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To geld. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Change, Alter. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterability

n. [ Cf. F. altérabilité. ] The quality of being alterable; alterableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterable

a. [ Cf. F. altérable. ] Capable of being altered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterableness

n. The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterably

adv. In an alterable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterant

n. An alterative. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterant

a. [ LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. altérant. ] Altering; gradually changing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alteration

n. [ Cf. F. altération. ] 1. The act of altering or making different. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere long might perceive
Strange alteration in me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alterative

n. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. [ 1913 Webster ]

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