alter- +
(Latin: different, other, another; to change)
Prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines, et vos facite illis similiter, "As you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner." From Luke 6:31 of the Latin Vulgate, a Latin version of the Bible produced by Saint Jerome in the 4th century.
From Latin vulgata editio, "an edition made public" or "an edition for ordinary people" which is a version used by the Roman Catholic Church.
2. That which makes something impure or corrupt by adding other inferior materials.
2. To adulterate, to debase, to doctor. These verbs mean to make impure or inferior by adding foreign substances to something: to adulterate coffee with ground acorns; to have silver debased with copper; having doctored the wine with water; to use rag paper loaded with wood fiber.
3. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
4. Tainted with adultery.
5. To commit adultery.
6. To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.
7. To defile by adultery.
Etymologically, to make impure by admixture; to corrupt from Latin adulteratus, past participle of adulterare, "to falsify, corrupt; to corrupt a woman; to commit adultery", dissimilated from ad- alterare, literally "to change, alter", from ad- and alterare, "to change, alter".
2. Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adultering.
3. The act of adulterating; especially, the illicit substitution of one substance for another.
The word fornication had a less than socially respectable beginning suitable to what has long been the low moral status of the act to which it refers. From Old French fornication, from Late Latin fornicationem (fornicatio), from fornicari "fornicate", from Latin fornix, "brothel"; originally "arch, vaulted chamber"; from fornus "oven of arched or domed shape".
Roman prostitutes commonly solicited customers from under the arches of certain buildings. So, fornication means, "voluntary sex between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman"; extended in the Bible as adultery.
2. A female adulterer
2. Illegal, unauthorized by law.
3. Born of adultery (voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse).
2. Not faithful to a spouse or lover; as, "Adulterous husbands and wives".
3. Relating to, inclined to, or marked by adultery.
4. Characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband".
2. Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.
3. Historically, an act of conjugal infidelity; an adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married or a betrothed woman, and such a woman was an adulteress. Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried woman was known as fornication.
"Catherine knelt at the altar to pray."
2. To castrate or to spay an animal; such as, a cat or a dog: "The family dog was taken to the animal center so the vet could alter him."
The minister wanted to alter the church altar before the next worship service.
"When the woman lost weight, she had all of her clothes altered to fit her new figure."
2. To castrate or spay an animal; such as, a cat or a dog: "The family dog was taken to the vet to be altered."2. An intimate friend or a constant companion; an inseparable friend.
3. A very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself.
4. A second self; a perfect substitute or deputy: "His assistant manager acts as his alter ego when he is not in the office."
