Word Finder - alter

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To change the form or structure of.

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To become different.

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To tailor clothes to make them fit.

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To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

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To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

It's a tiny secret, one that may not alter much of anything.

During all this time little was done to alter the condition of the natives.

He pronounced the words that would forever alter her life.

They had slaves, but so few as not to alter the social conditions.

Man himself cannot increase the sum of motion; he can only alter its direction.

Could you have foreseen that the advent of a technology called "air conditioning" in homes would alter the social fabric of the nation?

This board is authorized to establish and alter sub-districts.

He could not comprehend how anyone could wish to alter his life or introduce anything new into it, when his own life was already ending.

Do not be afraid to alter the details of your plan.

Doing so doesn't alter the number's value.

The thickness of a ring will alter its fit.

We alter and fit that, then make the final dress.

In reality, however, all these movements forward and backward did not improve or alter the position of the troops.

I've not had to alter the last several you've sent.

He there recast Odipe, began the Henriade and determined to alter his name.

You might persuade me to alter the wording a little!

Are they able to alter the color of their eyes?

Low karat gold can also be used for visual effects and to alter various attributes of the blend such as conductivity.

Improved Animal Health - By modifying the DNA of certain species for food production, it is possible to alter the genes in such a way as to prevent common diseases.

In desperation, the goddess made a series of deals with the former Dark One, Fate, Darkyn and others to alter the series of events that might see her with anyone but Gabriel.

I need confirmation before the Council meets, and I need to know if you can alter whatever it is Sasha's people did, Kris said.

The effect of weights placed in such a dish or pan is of course the same as if they were placed within the bulb of the instrument, since they do not alter the volume of that part which is immersed.

More genetic research will not alter the conditions in which people become susceptible to many diseases.

Predosing with either lactose ureide or glucose ureide increased the rate of appearance of tracer, but did not alter transit times.

Constant use, increased friction (m o r e especially at high speeds), and damage to the rotator will alter an ascertained log error; head or following seas, strong winds, currents and tidal streams also FIG.

After dressing most skins alter in shape and decrease in size.

A large party pronounced the style perfect, so absolutely perfect that in some essays it would be impossible for the writer himself to alter a single word for the better.

Another way of correcting this system is to alter the distances.

Custom Audio Designs reserves the right to alter the specifications of any product without notice.

A substantial change would alter the substance of the copyright assuming it is not a mere transposition.

It is evident that these laws all follow from the idea that a compound molecule can only alter through the addition or subtraction of one or more complete atoms, together with the idea that all the molecules in a pure substance are alike.

The importance of the land question is so great that it is hardly an exaggeration to say that it is usual for every parliament of Australia to have before it a proposal to alter or amend its land laws.

The same year he introduced a Test Oath by which all holding office or seats in either House of Parliament were to declare resistance to the royal power a crime, and promise to abstain from all attempts to alter the government of either church or state; but this extreme measure of retrograde toryism was successfully opposed by wiser statesmen.

He or she may also be able to make suggestions on how you can alter your diet to prevent unpleasant symptoms or test you to ensure you aren't experiencing a more serious medical condition.

The actinula, when free, may multiply by larval budding, but in all cases both the original actinula and all its descendants become converted into medusae, so that there is no alter nation of generations.

Immediately afterward he was a member of a commission appointed "to revise the laws in force in the state; to select, abridge, alter and digest them, so as to be accommodated to the present government."

But, instead of employing a number of instruments differing only in the weights with which they are loaded, we may employ the same instrument, and alter its weight either by adding mercury or shot to the interior (if it can be opened) or by attaching weights to the exterior.

But it did not alter the royal policy, and in 1529, when a successor had to be Roper, Life.

It cannot be said that the climate is particularly good, owing to the changeableness of the weather, which may alter completely within a single day.

Further, the point at which the process should be arrested is recognized by the appearance of the flame which issues from the converter's mouth, and variations in the silicon-content of the cast iron treated alter this appearance, so that the indications of the flame become confusing, and control over the process is lost.

The movement of S is obtained by means of a relay engine, in which there are two rams of different diameters; a constant pressure is always acting on the smaller of these when the motor is at work, while the governor (or handpower if desired) admits or exhausts pressurewater from the face of the other, and the movements to and fro thus given to the two rams alter the position of the stud S, and thus change the stroke of the plungers of the main engine.

But this personal rebuff could not alter the fact that in the country his was the name which was on the lips of the voters at the election.

In 1659 Fouquet, the Maecenas of the time, persuaded him to alter his resolve, and Odipe, a play which became a great favourite with Louis XIV., was the result.

The council of Basel (1431-1443) wished to abolish the servitia, but the concordat of Vienna (1448) confirmed the Constance decision, which, in spite of the efforts of the congress of Ems (1786) to alter it, still remains nominally in force.

If it exceeds the square root, we must alter the value of b, so as to get a product which does not exceed the remainder.

Alter hundred and fifty years of foreign war and civil discord, at period when order and unity were ardently desired, an absolutt monarchy had appeared the only power capable of realizint such aspirations.

A second method for diminishing the spherical aberration was to alter the distances of the single systems, a method still used.

Alteratives are drugs which alter the course of a disease, the mode of action being unknown.

To this day I wonder why she took a step backwards on the alter steps by marrying me.

I need confirmation before the Council meets, and I need to know if you can alter whatever it is Sasha.s people did, Kris said.