alteringn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːlt(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈɒlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɔlt(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈɑlt(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see alter v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alter v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < alter v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier alteration n.

The action of alter v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΚΠ

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 23^v (MED) Sich þingez þat in alteryng defendeþ þe membrz of receyuyng of superfluiteez.

1496 Myracles oure Blessyd Lady (de Worde) sig. Ciiij^v This monke..shewed..certayne & very fayth of these same thinges by the meruaylous token of the alterynge & chaungyng of his face.

1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xiii. iii. 39 O how grete motioun, quhat altering vnstabill.

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 111 A litle altering of the one side, maketh the boul to run biasse waies.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 107 The many and strange alterings and happenings to Men.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 66 The Flexion of his Condition, (I mean, the altering of his occasions).

1726 W. Law Pract. Treat. Christian Perfection xiii. 479 There is but little Hopes that the altering of your State, will alter your Way of Life.

1774 Monthly Rev. Aug. 116 The altering of which [sc. native customs] in the end, might prove as contrary to our interests, as in the beginning it would be to their inclinations.

1824 Mem. Pennsylvania Agric. Soc. 98 At the time of altering..we select our rams, for breeders.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 12 We have many more useful crafts, besides the altering of the flavour of fruits.

1928 D. Barnes Ryder i. 2 The man who weeps beside thee, without altering of his breathing, or loosening of his belly strap.

1961 C. E. Passage tr. F. Schiller Maid of Orleans iv. i. 234 My heart is changed with many alterings And flees this merriment with sad distress.

2001 S. Betzina Fast Fit (2003) 244 Put on the garment that needs altering.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

alteringadj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːlt(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈɒlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɔlt(ə)rɪŋ/,

/ˈɑlt(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see alter v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: alter v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < alter v. + -ing suffix², originally after post-classical Latin alterativus alterative adj. Compare earlier alterative adj. and later alterant adj.

a. Medicine. = alterative adj. 1. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [adjective]

alterativea1400

altering?c1425

alleotical1657

alterant1678

alleotic1853

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 45 It sufficeþ..to lay þerto esye altrynge medecynes [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. alteratiuez].

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iii. 115 It is become hote, and of a drying quality..which is altogether the vertue and facultie of an altering medicine.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 162 To resist the Fever onely by..altering remedies.

1722 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 35 I have distributed the Plants into such as are Altering and Evacuating.

2002 K. Albala Eating Right in Renaissance iii. 99 These were mildly altering remedies rather than violent medicines and could easily be added to any meal.

b. gen. That alters or changes something.mind-, mood-altering: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1608 W. Guild Yong Mans Inquisition 88 The altering power & efficacy of education.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 208 Every seventh year [is] conceived to carry some altering character with it, either in the temper of body, minde, or both.

1837 E. S. Wortley Hours at Naples 211 Sweet Bower! some altering hand hath been Too busy with thy still bright scene.

1859 H. Binney Inq. Washington's Farewell Addr. 123 The cancelling or altering pen of Washington has not..fallen in a single instance from beginning to end.

1913 Man 13 143 In many cases they have been in an altering matrix, and have ‘blued’, whitened, or porcelainized.

1975 Perspectives New Music 14 193 The shape of the added p's suggests that the altering hand might be Schoenberg's.

2006 Environment (Nexis) 1 Nov. 28 It..identified the role of human activity as a pervasive altering agent.

2. That alters; changing, variable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [adjective] > changing or undergoing alteration

changing1340

turningc1450

muantc1460

shifting1479

altering1561

kaleidoscopic1857

kaleidoscopical1858

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. f. 73^v What the altering course of the worlde beareth, whiche is vnstable & more vnstedfast than the ebbing and flowing of tides.

1654 J. Owen Doctr. Saints Perseverance x. 238 It is not a fading, a wavering, an altering thing, but abides for ever.

1717 Censor 2 May 147 Others started out to the Quarters of Poverty, and kindly insinuated Expectations and Probabilities of altering Seasons, of being visited with Plenty.

1781 W. Hayley Triumphs of Temper (Dublin ed.) i. 10 Love looks astonish'd on her altering form.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 81 The altering issue proved the altering nature of the conditions.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 66 Sweet as change of night and day with altering wings.

1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. p. vii (advt.) The altering manners and conditions of life through the ages.

1972 R. Adams Watership Down x. 37 The altering movement of the beans in the light wind.

1991 Drew Mag. Nov. 15/1 A study of Cather's altering speculations on central themes traceable through her later novels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	altering
释义	alteringn. Brit. /ˈɔːlt(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈɒlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔlt(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈɑlt(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see alter v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alter v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < alter v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier alteration n. The action of alter v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 23^v (MED) Sich þingez þat in alteryng defendeþ þe membrz of receyuyng of superfluiteez. 1496 Myracles oure Blessyd Lady (de Worde) sig. Ciiij^v This monke..shewed..certayne & very fayth of these same thinges by the meruaylous token of the alterynge & chaungyng of his face. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xiii. iii. 39 O how grete motioun, quhat altering vnstabill. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 111 A litle altering of the one side, maketh the boul to run biasse waies. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 107 The many and strange alterings and happenings to Men. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 66 The Flexion of his Condition, (I mean, the altering of his occasions). 1726 W. Law Pract. Treat. Christian Perfection xiii. 479 There is but little Hopes that the altering of your State, will alter your Way of Life. 1774 Monthly Rev. Aug. 116 The altering of which [sc. native customs] in the end, might prove as contrary to our interests, as in the beginning it would be to their inclinations. 1824 Mem. Pennsylvania Agric. Soc. 98 At the time of altering..we select our rams, for breeders. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 12 We have many more useful crafts, besides the altering of the flavour of fruits. 1928 D. Barnes Ryder i. 2 The man who weeps beside thee, without altering of his breathing, or loosening of his belly strap. 1961 C. E. Passage tr. F. Schiller Maid of Orleans iv. i. 234 My heart is changed with many alterings And flees this merriment with sad distress. 2001 S. Betzina Fast Fit (2003) 244 Put on the garment that needs altering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). alteringadj. Brit. /ˈɔːlt(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈɒlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔlt(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈɑlt(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see alter v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: alter v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < alter v. + -ing suffix², originally after post-classical Latin alterativus alterative adj. Compare earlier alterative adj. and later alterant adj. 1. a. Medicine. = alterative adj. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [adjective] alterativea1400 altering?c1425 alleotical1657 alterant1678 alleotic1853 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 45 It sufficeþ..to lay þerto esye altrynge medecynes [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. alteratiuez]. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. iii. 115 It is become hote, and of a drying quality..which is altogether the vertue and facultie of an altering medicine. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 162 To resist the Fever onely by..altering remedies. 1722 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 35 I have distributed the Plants into such as are Altering and Evacuating. 2002 K. Albala Eating Right in Renaissance iii. 99 These were mildly altering remedies rather than violent medicines and could easily be added to any meal. b. gen. That alters or changes something.mind-, mood-altering: see the first element. ΚΠ 1608 W. Guild Yong Mans Inquisition 88 The altering power & efficacy of education. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 208 Every seventh year [is] conceived to carry some altering character with it, either in the temper of body, minde, or both. View more context for this quotation 1837 E. S. Wortley Hours at Naples 211 Sweet Bower! some altering hand hath been Too busy with thy still bright scene. 1859 H. Binney Inq. Washington's Farewell Addr. 123 The cancelling or altering pen of Washington has not..fallen in a single instance from beginning to end. 1913 Man 13 143 In many cases they have been in an altering matrix, and have ‘blued’, whitened, or porcelainized. 1975 Perspectives New Music 14 193 The shape of the added p's suggests that the altering hand might be Schoenberg's. 2006 Environment (Nexis) 1 Nov. 28 It..identified the role of human activity as a pervasive altering agent. 2. That alters; changing, variable. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [adjective] > changing or undergoing alteration changing1340 turningc1450 muantc1460 shifting1479 altering1561 kaleidoscopic1857 kaleidoscopical1858 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. f. 73^v What the altering course of the worlde beareth, whiche is vnstable & more vnstedfast than the ebbing and flowing of tides. 1654 J. Owen Doctr. Saints Perseverance x. 238 It is not a fading, a wavering, an altering thing, but abides for ever. 1717 Censor 2 May 147 Others started out to the Quarters of Poverty, and kindly insinuated Expectations and Probabilities of altering Seasons, of being visited with Plenty. 1781 W. Hayley Triumphs of Temper (Dublin ed.) i. 10 Love looks astonish'd on her altering form. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 81 The altering issue proved the altering nature of the conditions. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 66 Sweet as change of night and day with altering wings. 1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. p. vii (advt.) The altering manners and conditions of life through the ages. 1972 R. Adams Watership Down x. 37 The altering movement of the beans in the light wind. 1991 Drew Mag. Nov. 15/1 A study of Cather's altering speculations on central themes traceable through her later novels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1425adj.?c1425
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