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Webster 1913 Edition

Alter

Al′ter

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Altered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Altering
.]
[F.
altérer
, LL.
alterare
, fr. L.
alter
other,
alius
other. Cf.
Else
,
Other
.]
1.
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
“To alter the king’s course.” “To alter the condition of a man.” “No power in Venice can alter a decree.”
Shak.
It gilds all objects, but it
alters
none.
Pope.
My covenant will I not break, nor
alter
the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Ps. lxxxix. 34.
2.
To agitate; to affect mentally.
[Obs.]
Milton.
3.
To geld.
[Colloq.]
Syn. –
Change
,
Alter
.
Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.

Al′ter

,
Verb.
I.
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change;
as, the weather
alters
almost daily; rocks or minerals
alter
by exposure.
“The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.”
Dan. vi. 8.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alter

AL'TER

,
Verb.
T.
[L. alter, another. See Alien.]
1.
To make some change in; to make different in some particular; to vary in some degree, without an entire change.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips. Ps. 89.
2.
To change entirely or materially; as, to alter an opinion. In general, to alter is to change partially; to change is more generally to substitute one thing for another, or to make a material difference in a thing.

AL'TER

,
Verb.
I.
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; as, the weather alters almost daily.
The law which altereth not. Dan 4.

Definition 2024

älter

älter

See also: alter, Alter, ælter, and alter-

German

Adjective

älter

  1. comparative degree of alt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔɛltɐ/

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