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Definition of Altered
1. Adjective. Changed in form or character without becoming something else. "He looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"
2. Adjective. Having testicles or ovaries removed.
3. Adjective. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose. "Instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"
Definition of Altered
1. Verb. (past of alter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Altered
1. alter [v] - See also: alter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altered
Literary usage of Altered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"Dr. Rundal, minister of Stirling, slightly altered by Cameron. 50. ... Watts,
slightly altered. 5. Logan. Th17 probably will enable SENEX to follow up his ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"forward those altered bills for the purpose of getting you to exchange them for
other money. PS—Heroin I enclose, for your future security, ..."
3. A System of Harmony: Founded on Key Relationship, by Means of which a by Hugh Archibald Clarke, Homer Albert Norris (1903)
"THE altered CHORDS. In the French school, the term altered chord, is applied only
to chords whose third is major, and whose fifth, perfect in the ..."
4. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1907)
"In matrass the mineral in powder gives a distinct reaction for H2O, showing the
substance is hydrated, which is often the case in altered compounds. ..."
5. Bulletin by New Zealand Geological Survey (1912)
"The altered ores.—The original of the common ores of zinc is sphalerite, or zinc
blende. Smithsonite, or carbonate ore, and calamine, or silicate ore, ..."
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