verb (v)

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation(verb.change)

  Example:
  The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city.
  

  Synonym:
  change, modify
  

  source: wordnet30
• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  change, vary
  

  source: wordnet30
• make an alteration to(verb.creation)

  Example:
  This dress needs to be altered.
  

  source: wordnet30
• insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  falsify, interpolate
  

  source: wordnet30
• remove the ovaries of(verb.body)

  Synonym:
  castrate, neuter, spay
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.(verb)

  source: webster1913