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altering (encz) | altering,měnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
altering (encz) | altering,pozměňování n: Zdeněk Brož |
altering (encz) | altering,upravování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Altering (gcide) | Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Altered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Altering.] [F. alt['e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter
other, alius other. Cf. Else, Other.]
1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either
partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the
king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No
power in Venice can alter a decree." --Shak.
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It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope.
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My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix.
34.
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2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton.
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3. To geld. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Change, Alter.
Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may
express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one
thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a
partial change, or a change in form or details without
destroying identity.
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altering (wn) | altering
n 1: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet
for neutering" [syn: neutering, fixing, altering] |
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consciousness-altering drug (encz) | consciousness-altering drug, n: |
faltering (encz) | faltering,váhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
falteringly (encz) | falteringly,potácivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
mind-altering (encz) | mind-altering, adj: |
mind-altering drug (encz) | mind-altering drug, n: |
paltering (encz) | paltering, n: |
unfaltering (encz) | unfaltering, |
unfalteringly (encz) | unfalteringly, adv: |
Altering (gcide) | Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Altered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Altering.] [F. alt['e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter
other, alius other. Cf. Else, Other.]
1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either
partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the
king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No
power in Venice can alter a decree." --Shak.
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It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope.
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My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix.
34.
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2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton.
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3. To geld. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Change, Alter.
Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may
express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one
thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a
partial change, or a change in form or details without
destroying identity.
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Faltering (gcide) | Falter \Fal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Faltering.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault.
See Fault, v. & n.]
1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as,
his tongue falters.
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With faltering speech and visage incomposed.
--Milton.
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2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs
falter." --Wiseman.
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3. To hesitate in purpose or action.
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Ere her native king
Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak.
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4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said
of the mind or of thought.
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Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space
and distance falters. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a.
Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." --Milton. --
n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
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Falteringly (gcide) | Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a.
Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." --Milton. --
n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
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Haltering (gcide) | Halter \Hal"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haltered (-t[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Haltering.]
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a
halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. "A haltered
neck." --Shak.
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mind-altering (gcide) | mind-altering \mind-altering\ adj.
producing mood changes or distorted perception; -- used
mostly of psychoactive substances; as, hallucinogenic drugs
are mind-altering substances.
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Paltering (gcide) | Palter \Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Paltering.] [See Paltry.]
1. To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to
equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
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Romans, that have spoke the word,
And will not palter. --Shak.
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Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
Nor paltered with eternal God for power. --Tennyson.
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3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
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Unaltering (gcide) | Unaltering \Unaltering\
See altering. |
Unfaltering (gcide) | Unfaltering \Unfaltering\
See faltering. |
consciousness-altering drug (wn) | consciousness-altering drug
n 1: a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted
perceptions [syn: psychoactive drug, {mind-altering
drug}, consciousness-altering drug, {psychoactive
substance}] |
faltering (wn) | faltering
adj 1: unsteady in speech or action
n 1: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in
his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter,
faltering] |
falteringly (wn) | falteringly
adv 1: in an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the
exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on
his legs" [syn: unsteadily, falteringly,
uncertainly] [ant: steadily, steady] |
mind-altering (wn) | mind-altering
adj 1: producing mood changes or distorted perception;
"hallucinogenic drugs are mind-altering substances" |
mind-altering drug (wn) | mind-altering drug
n 1: a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted
perceptions [syn: psychoactive drug, {mind-altering
drug}, consciousness-altering drug, {psychoactive
substance}] |
paltering (wn) | paltering
n 1: a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn:
fibbing, paltering] |
unfaltering (wn) | unfaltering
adj 1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable;
"firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve";
"a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
[syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff,
unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering] |
unfalteringly (wn) | unfalteringly
adv 1: with determination; in a determined manner; "he clung to
the past determinedly" [syn: determinedly,
unfalteringly, unshakably] |
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