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Alter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; as, the weather alters almost daily.

2. The law which altereth not. Daniel 4:1 .

Alter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To make some change in; to make different in some particular; to vary in some degree, without an entire change.

2. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips. Psalms 89:34 .

3. To change entirely or materially; as, to alter an opinion. In general, to alter is to change partially; to change is more generally to substitute one thing for another, or to make a material difference in a thing.

Alter [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.

Alter [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

2. To agitate; to affect mentally.

3. To geld.

Alterability [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality of being susceptible of alteration.

Alterability [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being alterable; alterableness.

Alterable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That may become different; that may vary.

Alterable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being altered.

Alterableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality of admitting alteration; variableness.

Alterableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.

Alterably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a manner that may be altered, or varied.

Alterably [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an alterable manner.

Alterage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The breeding, nourishing or fostering of a child. But this is not an English word.

Alterant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Altering; gradually changing.

Alterant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A medicine which, without a sensible operation, gradually corrects the state of the body and changes it from a diseased to a healthy condition. An alterative.

Alterant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Altering; gradually changing.

Alterant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An alterative.

Alteration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of making different, or of varying in some particular; an altering or partial change; also the change made, or the loss or acquisition of qualities not essential to the form or nature of a thing. Thus a cold substance suffers an alteration when it becomes hot.

Alteration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of altering or making different.

2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

Alterative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Causing alteration; having the power to alter.

Alterative [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A medicine which, without sensible operation, gradually induces a change in the habit or constitution and restores healthy functions. This word is more generally used than alterant.

Alterative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Causing ateration.

2. Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health.

Alterative [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

Altercate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat or anger; to wrangle.

Altercate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle.

Altercated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Altercating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Altercation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle.

Altercation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

Altercative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Characterized by wrangling; scolding.

Altered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Altering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Alterity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.

Altern [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Acting by turns; one succeeding another; alternate, which is the word generally used.

2. In crystallography, exhibiting, on two parts, an upper and a lower part, faces which alternate among themselves, but which, when the two parts are compared, correspond with each other.

3. Altern-base, in trigonometry, is a term used in distinction from the true base. Thus in oblique triangles, the true base is the sum of the sides, and then the difference of the sides is the altern-base; or the true base is the difference of the sides, and then the sum of the sides is the altern-base.

Altern [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Acting by turns; alternate.

Alternacy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Performance or actions by turns. [Little used.]

Alternacy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alternateness; alternation.

Alternal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Alternative. [Little used.]

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13 KJV and 6 BSB verses contain “alter”

Exodus 28:34

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.

Exodus 39:26

A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 27:10

He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.

He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

Ezra 6:11

Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

Ezra 6:12

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

Nehemiah 12:24

And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

Esther 1:19

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

Psalms 89:34

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

Ezekiel 41:18

And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

Daniel 6:8

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

Daniel 6:12

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”

Luke 9:29

And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.

Judith 10:7

And when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, and said unto her.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:11

Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.

Wisdom of Solomon 7:18

The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:

Wisdom of Solomon 16:25

Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:

Sirach 33:8

By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished: and he altered seasons and feasts.