"the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens
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(especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted
"for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me"
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made or become different in some respect
"he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress"
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improved or corrected by critical editing
"the emended text"
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altered by paraphrasing
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improved or brought up to date
"a revised edition"