v cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
v become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
v make an alteration to
This dress needs to be altered
v insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
v remove the ovaries of
a 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"- Charles Dickens
s having testicles or ovaries removed
s changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
instructions altered to suit the children's different ages