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alter

Best crossword clue

"Make different"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒl.tə/Part of speech verbSorted aelrtStarts with AEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove the ovaries of

Word origin

From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: tweak
  • No power in Venice can alter a decree.
  • My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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