Altered
WordNet
adjective
(1) Changed in form or character without becoming something else
"The altered policy promised success"
"Following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"
"He looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
(2) Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
"Seeds precisely adapted to the area"
"Instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"
(3) Having testicles or ovaries removed
WiktionaryText
Etymology
< < < (seen in , , etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix .
Verb
Etymology
From , from , from .
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | alter | altera | alterum | alterī | alterae | altera | |
| genitive | alterīus | alterīus | alterīus | alterōrum | alterārum | alterōrum | |
| dative | alterī | alterī | alterī | alterīs | alterīs | alterīs | |
| accusative | alterum | alteram | alterum | alterōs | alterās | altera | |
| ablative | alterō | alterā | alterō | alterīs | alterīs | alterīs | |
| vocative | alter | altera | alterum | alterī | alterae | altera |
Descendants
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