alter

/ɔltər/ verb
5 letters2 syllables5 points in Scrabble®6 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS5
VERB
1

Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.

2

Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.

“The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city”

3

Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.

4

Remove the ovaries of.

5

Make an alteration to.

“This dress needs to be altered”

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Starts & ends withA … R
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