Meaning of alter in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To change the form or structure of.

• To become different.

• To tailor clothes to make them fit.

• To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).

• To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

noun

• (especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder).

noun

• A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

• A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.

• Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to.