altering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: altering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for altering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
altering n the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering" Synonym(s): neutering, fixing, altering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altering}.] [F. alt[82]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.] 1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. [bd]To alter the king's course.[b8] [bd]To alter the condition of a man.[b8] [bd]No power in Venice can alter a decree.[b8] --Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix. 34. 2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. To geld. [Colloq.] Syn: {Change}, {Alter}. Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity.