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| alterability | (n) the quality of being alterable, Ant. unalterability |
| alterable | (adj) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic, Ant. unalterable, Example: alterable clothing; alterable conditions of employment |
| alterable | (adj) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe |
| alteration | (n) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment), Syn. adjustment, modification |
| Alterability | n. [ Cf. F. altérabilité. ] The quality of being alterable; alterableness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterable | a. [ Cf. F. altérable. ] Capable of being altered. [ 1913 Webster ] Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterableness | n. The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterably | adv. In an alterable manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterant | a. [ LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. altérant. ] Altering; gradually changing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterant | n. An alterative. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alteration | n. [ Cf. F. altération. ] Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] Ere long might perceive 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterative | a. [ L. alterativus: cf. F. altératif. ] Causing ateration. |
| Alterative | n. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. [ 1913 Webster ] |