altered

al·ter  (ôltr)

v. al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters

v.tr.

1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.

2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.

3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).

v.intr.

To change or become different.

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[Middle English alteren, from Old French alterer, from Medieval Latin alterre, from Latin alter, other; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	altered - 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 unaltered, unchanged - remaining in an original state; "persisting unaltered through time"
	2.	altered - having testicles or ovaries removed neutered castrated, unsexed - deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes
	3.	altered - changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages" adapted modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"