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alter

/'ɔltər/

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verb
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
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falsify interpolate

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edit redact
verb
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"

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change modify
verb
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
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change vary
verb
remove the ovaries of
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castrate neuter spay

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desexualise sterilise desex sterilize fix unsex desexualize
verb
make an alteration to
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"This dress needs to be altered"

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change modify

Definition that contains alter

turn alter the functioning or setting of
doctor alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
set alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
murder alter so as to make unrecognizable
figure alternative names for the body of a human being
form alternative names for the body of a human being
build alternative names for the body of a human being
correct alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
shape alternative names for the body of a human being
swing alternate dramatically between high and low values