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What does alter mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word alter? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  2. (intransitive) To become different.
  3. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  4. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  5. (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
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No reinterpretation of the evidence and no protestations of innocence can alter those facts.
These conductive fibers alter their conductivity in response to stretching, temperature, or moisture.
However, many species then alter the spectra of the emitted light using spectral filters and reflectors.
She flirts with one and coquets with another till I believe she will be forsaken by all if she does not alter her conduct.
The covalent linkage of the chromophore by copolymerization with MMA does not significantly alter its photophysics.
Each character is linked by more than just work, as hold-ups, corpses, missing children, affairs and other events conspire to alter their lives.

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