altered
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(a) changed in form or character without becoming something else
- the altered policy promised success
- following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization
- "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
- (s) having testicles or ovaries removed neutered,
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(s) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
- seeds precisely adapted to the area
- instructions altered to suit the children's different ages