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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.] 1. The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences --Hooker. 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me --Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alteration n 1: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another: "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse" [syn: {change}, {modification}] 2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: {modification}, {adjustment}] 3: the act of transforming; "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [syn: {revision}]
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