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alters

The correct spelling is alters.

How to pronounce alters

noun

Say it like: Alt-ers

The correct spelling is alters. A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
  2. 2.A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary.
  3. 3.Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to.
  4. 4.(especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder).

verb

  1. 1.To change the form or structure of.
  2. 2.To become different.
  3. 3.To tailor clothes to make them fit.
  4. 4.To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
  5. 5.To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.

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