Meaning alter
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To change by neutering or spaying. May also be referred to as cutting, gelding, or emasculating.
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1 [intransitive, transitive] to become different; to make someone or something different Prices did not alter significantly during 2010. He had altered his looks so much I barely recognized him. alter [..]
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late 14c., "to change (something)," from Old French alterer "change, alter," from Medieval Latin alterare "to change," from Latin alter "the other (of the two)," [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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To physically transform from one mineral into another. See also Pseudomorph.
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to change.
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change: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion [..]
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to make a change in something, to make or become different in some way
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v. To make change in.
Source: easypacelearning.com

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 to exchange.
Source: shakespeare-online.com

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noun. 1. any number of the additional characteristics of an individual with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). 2. the second person in any social interplay scenario.
Source: psychologydictionary.org

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German word for "age."
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Latin word for "the next, the other."
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ibernitseven
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com (offline)

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(adv
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(v) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation(v) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence(v) make an altera [..]
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To make different without changing into something else. [Click Here to Return to List]
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To cause to become different in some (minor) way. (Webster's II Dictionary, 1988). To rearrange the layout of interior space to accommodate changing needs. (Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Canada, 1982).
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A term sometimes used to mean spay or neuter - Surgical removal of the reproductive organs is spays females and neuters males.
Source: cats-and-dogs-on-the-web.com

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neuter (applies to either gender)
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To spay
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To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog). Anal glands
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(transitive) To change the form or structure of. * Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34 *: My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. * Shakespeare *: No power in Venice [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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age, old age antiquity epoch, age
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From Yiddish אַלט (alt) meaning "old". This name was traditionally given to a sickly newborn by Jewish parents in order to confuse the Angel of Death, in the hopes that he would go l [..]
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