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Alter vs Altered - What's the difference?

alter | altered |

As an adjective alter

is .

As a verb altered is

(alter).

As a noun altered is

a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.

alter

English

Alternative forms

* altre (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To change the form or structure of.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34
  • My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
  • * Shakespeare
  • No power in Venice can alter a decree.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
  • To become different.
  • To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  • To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  • (obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
  • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * alterer * alterability * alterative * alterable * alterably

    Anagrams

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    altered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (alter)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
  • Anagrams

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