al·ter

(ôl′tər)

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.

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

al′ter·a·bil′i·ty, al′ter·a·ble·ness n.

al′ter·a·ble adj.

al′ter·a·bly adv.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	alterable - capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable conditions of employment" inalterable, unalterable - not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"
	2.	alterable - (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" commutable - subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment"

alterable

adjective

Capable of or liable to change:

changeable, fluid, inconstant, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant.

Archaic: various.

Translations

alterabile

alterable

adj → veränderbar; to be alterable → sich ändern lassen

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