Alter

Alter

al·ter [awl-ter] Show IPA
verb (used with object)

1. to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.

2. to castrate or spay. verb (used without object)

3. to change; become different or modified.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French alterer < Late Latin alterāre to change, worsen, derivative of Latin alter other.