alter

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To change something, or make it different.

   They had to alter their plans because of the rain.

2. 2
   verb

   To change the size or shape of clothes so they fit better.

   I had the dress altered to fit my shoulders.

3. 3
   verb

   To become different.

   His mood altered the moment she walked in.

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.

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