alter
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alter¹
- /ˈɒl.tə/ UK
- /ˈɔːl.tə/ UK
- /ˈɔl.təɹ/ US
- /ˈɑl.təɹ/ cot caught merger
Sounds like altar · Rhymes with -ɒltə(ɹ), -ɔːltə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.
verb alters · altering · altered · altre
- To change the form or structure of. Near-synonym: tweak
- To become different. […] Passing the song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul, / Victorious song, death’s outlet song, yet varying ever-altering song, […]
- To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
- To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness. We don't know if he was altered on alcohol or drugs or anything […]
Similar: adapt, alter, amend, change, convert, differentiate, innovate, metamorphose, modify, revamp, rework, transform
alter²
- /ˈɒl.tə/ UK
- /ˈɔːl.tə/ UK
- /ˈɔl.təɹ/ US
- /ˈɑl.təɹ/ cot caught merger
Sounds like altar · Rhymes with -ɒltə(ɹ), -ɔːltə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Probably from alter ego.
noun alters
- One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity. While the second goal would be best met if each alter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competent alter is present to hear what transpires.
alter³
- /ˈɒl.tə/ UK
- /ˈɔːl.tə/ UK
- /ˈɔl.təɹ/ US
- /ˈɑl.təɹ/ cot caught merger
Sounds like altar · Rhymes with -ɒltə(ɹ), -ɔːltə(ɹ)
noun
- Misspelling of altar.altar As an alter boy he remembered that walking between the alter and the gates was prohibited for everyone except the priest.
