What does the word alteration mean?
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This word is used in France to express any change which supervenes; for example, in the expression of the countenance or in the structure of an organ or in the nature of fluids excreted. Alteration is also used in an entirely different sense, to express intense thirst in disease. In this case its etymology is different. It comes from haleter, and was formerly written haleteration.
Usage examples for alteration
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The next morning I rose, that I might contemplate my person in the mirror, and I at once perceived the alteration which had taken place. – The Pacha of Many Tales by Captain Frederick Marryat
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If Mrs. Marchmont was now irritable, capricious, and even cruel, there was doubtless some good reason for the alteration in her conduct; and it was Mary's duty to be patient. – John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume I (of 3) by Mary E. Braddon
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