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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

type of:
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

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

type of:
change modify

Examples of alter

"The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"
"This dress needs to be altered"