alter
- sense 1: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
- change alter
- sense 2: make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
- change alter vary
- sense 3: make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
- alter
- sense 4: insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- interpolate alter falsify
- sense 5: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
- alter neuter spay castrate
- sterilize sterilise desex unsex desexualize desexualise fix