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[ verb ] cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Examples "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city" "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune,...)Fourteen years is the maximum penalty now faced by the new five , who may have altered history in the 1960 s . (Los Angeles Times,...)Alfred_Hayes , president of the Federal_Reserve_Bank of New_York , said Tuesday `` there is no present need for far-reaching reforms '' which would basically alter the international financial system . (The New York Times,...)The evident contradiction between the rosy picture of Russia 's progress painted by the Communist_party 's program and the enormous dangers for all humanity posed by Premier_Khrushchev 's Berlin policy has already led to speculation abroad that the program may be severely altered . (The New Republic, 145: 19...)Independence_Day is the appropriate date as a symbolical reminder of the American article of faith that governments are instituted among men to secure to them certain inalienable rights , the first of_which is life , and when any government becomes subversive of_that end , it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it . Hanging the responsible officials would not abolish the government , but would emphasize its accountability for the lives of its individual citizens , which would certainly alter it , and definitely for the better . Related terms leave make put lend better fill increase bring prepare enable affect end strengthen adjust clean unclutter cool transform switch convert shape damage dry affect heat turn transform reduce mix set emphasize bring tighten awaken invert translate color straighten decorate obscure weaken complicate make right clarify loosen convert mark centralize empty suspend wet develop break_down renew decrease civilize make_possible form simplify remodel demythologize boil neutralize worsen estrange sensitize magnetize stiffen draw confuse habituate stain nationalize stabilize polarize mince thicken insulate harmonize blind activate charge complicate obscure touch lift shift cut suspend inform iodinate counterchange depersonalize flatten oxidize decentralize ripen communize Europeanize humble reconstruct naturalize purify revolutionize ease_up assimilate check shake commute democratize corrupt brighten capture saturate humanize blur restore disqualify automatize widen dirty liberalize sophisticate glorify contaminate spice personalize outmode urbanise fatten urbanize sputter prostrate harshen end cook animize edit extend dull warm tame conventionalize freeze parallel poison convert invert disable archaize unscramble sharpen sharpen customize demagnetize blunt spike refine supercharge unite age socialize coarsen round_off vascularise internationalize Europeanize antiquate antique Americanize bestialize anglicize Frenchify soften sober decrepitate denationalize acerbate naturalize denaturalize even denaturalize destabilize suburbanize etiolate cry equal detransitivize transitivize full familiarize desensitize diversify deaden disorder discolor dissimilate liquefy validate |
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[ verb ] make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
Examples "her mood changes in accordance with the weather" "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" Used in print (Schuyler Cammann, "The Magic Square of Three in...)Note that by Western standards this plan was `` upside_down '' , as it put North at the bottom and South at the top , with the other directions correspondingly altered ; but in_this respect it was merely following the accepted Chinese convention for all maps . |
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[ verb ] (writing) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9169
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[ verb ] castrate, used with animals
Examples "Is your dog neutered?" Related terms sterilize effeminize defeminize defeminise castration spaying |
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