"alter or change" meaning in English

See alter or change in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: alters or changes [present, singular, third-person], altering or changing [participle, present], altered or changed [participle, past], altered or changed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|alter<> or change<>}} alter or change (third-person singular simple present alters or changes, present participle altering or changing, simple past and past participle altered or changed)
  1. (law) To modify. Categories (topical): Law

Inflected forms

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