altered
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alter /ˈɔːltə, ˈɒl-/
▶verb
- 1 change in character, appearance, or composition.
- 2 N. Amer. & Austral. castrate or spay (a domestic animal).
– derivatives
alterable adjective,
alteration noun,
alterative adjective.
alterable adjective,
alteration noun,
alterative adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. alterer, from late L. alterare, from L. alter ‘other’.
'altered' also found in these Oxford entries:
acute accent
- bas-relief
- blimey
- caisson
- cleft
- crunk
- epergne
- exaggerate
- genetically modified
- genetic pollution
- grandiloquent
- grave accent
- gutta-percha
- gymkhana
- harangue
- hard-code
- hash
- irreversible
- labile
- lanyard
- mullion
- nonce
- operation
- ovalbumin
- palmistry
- parametric equalizer
- parsley piert
- pelican crossing
- pet form
- portable
- ramshackle
- retread
- rewrite
- selvedge
- Shelta
- stet
- tone
- umlaut
- unchangeable
- weather
- whydah
