"alterant" meaning in English

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        "Something that causes alteration, that alters."
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          "sense": "something that causes alteration",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "alterador"
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          "sense": "something that causes alteration",
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            "feminine",
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          "word": "alterante"
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          "text": "whether the body be alterant, or altered",
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        "Altering; gradually changing."
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      "sense": "something that causes alteration",
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      "word": "alterador"
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      "word": "alterante"
    }
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  "word": "alterant"
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