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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
changed
adj
  1. made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war"
    Antonym(s): unchanged
  2. made or become different in some respect; "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress"
  3. changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Change \Change\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Changed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Changing}.] [F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange,
      barter, L. cambire. Cf. {Cambial}.]
      1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one
            state to another; as, to change the position, character,
            or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
  
                     Therefore will I change their glory into shame.
                                                                              --Hosea. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving
            up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to
            change one's occupation; to change one's intention.
  
                     They that do change old love for new, Pray gods,
                     they change for worse!                        --Peele.
  
      3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by
            with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with
            another.
  
                     Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst
                     not, for any interest, change thy fortune and
                     condition.                                          --Jer. Taylor.
  
      4. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations
            of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a
            gold coin or a bank bill.
  
                     He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change
                     it.                                                   --Goldsmith.
  
      {To change a horse, or To change hand} (Man.), to turn or
            bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the
            left to right, or from the right to the left.
  
      {To change hands}, to change owners.
  
      {To change one's tune}, to become less confident or boastful.
            [Colloq.]
  
      {To change step}, to take a break in the regular succession
            of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the
            hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then
            stepping off with the foot which is in advance.
  
      Syn: To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate;
               diversify; shift; veer; turn. See {Alter}.
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