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What is the verb for alteration?

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alter
  1. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
  2. (intransitive) To become different.
  3. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  4. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  5. (transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Upheavals and turmoil aplenty would do little to alter his outlook on life.”
      “Macrophage activity may alter over time as a consequence of tumor-induced immune dysfunction.”
      “He contends that humans can alter cats and dogs to make them better pets.”
altered
altering
alters
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Like McEwan's Amsterdam, Atonement and Enduring Love, Saturday turns on a single event that forever alters its characters' lives.”
      “Chronic exposure of skin to sunlight substantially alters the biochemical composition and architecture of the dermis.”
      “Radiation is a known cause of the disease which genetically alters white blood cells.”
altereth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter
alterest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of alter
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