Change: Definition and part of speech

Change

  1. v. t. Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  2. 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.
  3. v. t. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one’s occupation; to change one’s intention.
  4. v. t. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; — followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.
  5. 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.
  6. v. i. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.
  7. v. i. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
  8. 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.
  9. v. t. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.
  10. v. t. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.
  11. 1v. t. 1 Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
  12. 1v. t. 1 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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