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al•ter

Pronunciation: (ôl'tur), [key]
—v.t.
1. to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
2. to castrate or spay.

—v.i.
to change; become different or modified.