alter

Meanings

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"
• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
• make an alteration to
  • "This dress needs to be altered"
• insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
• remove the ovaries of

Synonyms

castrate, change, falsify, interpolate, modify, neuter, spay, vary