Definition of Altered

Adjective: altered  ol-tu(r)d [N. Amer], ól-tu(r)d or ol-tu(r)d [Brit]

1. Changed in form or character without becoming something else
   "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"
    
2. Having testicles or ovaries removed
   - neutered
    
3. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
   "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages";
   - adapted

Verb: alter  ol-tu(r) [N. Amer], ol-tu(r) or ól-tu(r) [Brit]

1. Make different; cause a transformation
   "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city";
   - change, modify
    
2. Become different in some particular way
   "her mood alters in accordance with the weather";
   - change, vary
    
3. Make an alteration to
   "This dress needs to be altered"
    
4. Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
   - interpolate, falsify
    
5. Remove the ovaries of
   "Is your cat altered?";
   - neuter, spay, castrate

See also:
altercations
alterer

Anagrams containing the word altered

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