Al`ter*a"tion (&?;), n.
[Cf. F. altération.] 1. The act of
altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences.
Hooker. 2.
The state of being altered; a change made
in the form
or nature of a thing;
changed condition. Ere long might perceive
Strange alteration
in me.
Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had
been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt.
Swift.
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