- F. altérer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. ElseOther
- To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.Toalterthe king's course.Toalterthe condition of a man.No power in Venice canaltera decree.It gilds all objects, but it alters none.My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- To agitate; to affect mentally.Obs
- To geld.ColloqChangeAlter.
