alter

Verb

• remove the ovaries of
  • Is your cat spayed?
    

• insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

• make an alteration to
  • This dress needs to be altered
    

• become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  • her mood changes in accordance with the weather
    
  • The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season
    

• cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  • The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
    
  • The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  neuter , spay , castrate , interpolate , falsify , change , vary , modify