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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
alter .
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Examples
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As the song rises and falls his expression alters, and when he strikes those stirring chords on the _Kantele_ and speaks of bloodshed and war his whole being seems changed.
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International Revolution does she suddenly awake, her whole expression alters; she reminds one of a beast of prey seeing its victim at hand and preparing to fall upon it and rend it.
Im Weltkriege. English Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin von und zu Chudenitz 1902
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Since my integration, my so called alters (I prefer the term companions) have presented me with the memories they had.
hazel8500 Hazel 2010
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- clogged with self-consciousness; Tara films herself in order to keep track of her life, and remember where she left off, so to speak, when one of her other identities-one of her "alters" - takes over.
The New Yorker 2009
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- clogged with self-consciousness; Tara films herself in order to keep track of her life, and remember where she left off, so to speak, when one of her other identities-one of her "alters" - takes over.
The New Yorker 2009
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'' For example one of my alters is a minimalist and we will go on a rampage getting rid of things, then when I switch back I will be looking for things.
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The virus is essential for wasp parasitism success since viral gene expression alters the immune system and development of the host.
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For example, Dr. Richard P. Kluft, a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of MPD at the University of Pennsylvania, reported in a 1988 paper that one of his patients had over 4000 "alters".
Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Psychiatry: The Cause--Not the Cure of Multiple Personality Disorder M.D. Scott Mendelson 2011
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To focus on or, God forbid, seek out "alters" is to be distracted by the manifestations of the illness rather than its true nature.
Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Psychiatry: The Cause--Not the Cure of Multiple Personality Disorder M.D. Scott Mendelson 2011
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To focus on or, God forbid, seek out "alters" is to be distracted by the manifestations of the illness rather than its true nature.
Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Psychiatry: The Cause--Not the Cure of Multiple Personality Disorder M.D. Scott Mendelson 2011
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