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Definition of Alter
Alter

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

To agitate; to affect mentally.

To geld.

To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.

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Alter Quotations

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis Bacon

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Oscar Wilde

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mohandas Gandhi

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Benjamin Disraeli

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James

Alter Translations

alter in Afrikaans is verander
alter in Danish is forandre
alter in Dutch is anders maken, veranderen
alter in Italian is variare, alterare
alter in Latin is novo
alter in Portuguese is altere
alter in Spanish is combiar, modificar, alterar, modificar

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