Change Synonyms & Definitions

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• ChangeDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.
2. (v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change ones occupation; to change ones intention.
3. (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
4. (v. t.) To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.
5. (v. i.) To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.
6. (v. t.) A public house; an alehouse.
7. (v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
8. (v. t.) Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.
9. (v. i.) To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
10. (v. t.) A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.
11. (v. t.) Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.
12. (v. t.) To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.
13. (v. t.) Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.
14. (v. t.) That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
15. (v. t.) Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

• ChangeableDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.
2. (a.) Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.