change

v. i. 1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I am Lord, I change not. Mal. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v. t. ] 1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ringing grooves of change. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. Judg. xiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ See Exchange. ] A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [ Colloq. for Exchange. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A public house; an alehouse. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They call an alehouse a change. Burt. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Change of life, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. --
Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. --
Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. --
To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

Syn. -- Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Changeableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. changeable. ] 1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a changeable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His course had been changeful. Motley.

-- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also
change-speed gear. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]