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change

1. change \'cha-nj\ vb [ME changen, fr. OF changier, fr. L cambiare to 
   exchange, of]Celt origin; akin to OIr camm crooked; akin to Gk skambos 
   crooked 1a: to make different in some particular : MODIFY  1b: to make 
   radically different : TRANSFORM  1c: to give a different position, course, 
   or direction to  1d: REVERSE {~ one's vote}  2a: to replace with another  
   2b: to move to another; also : SWITCH  2c: to exchange for an equivalent 
   sum or comparable item  2d: to undergo a loss or modification of {foliage 
   changing color> 2e: to put fresh clothes or covering on {~ a bed}  1: to 
   become different : ALTER  of the moon  2: to pass from one phase to another 
    3: to shift one's means of conveyance : TRANSFER  of the voice  4: to 
   shift to lower register : BREAK  5: to undergo transformation, transition, 
   or substitution  6: to put on different clothes  7: to accept something 
   else in return : EXCHANGE ither an essential difference often amounting to 
   a loss of original identity or a substitution of one thing for another; 
   ALTER implies a difference in some particular respect without suggesting 
   loss of identity; VARY stresses a breaking away from sameness, duplication 
   or exact reptition; MODIFY suggests a difference that limits, restricts, or 
   adapts to a new purpose : to pass from the possession of one person to that 
   of another  - change hands  SYN syn ALTER, VARY, MODIFY: CHANGE implies 
   making e 
2. change n 1: the act, process, or result of changing : as  1a: ALTERATION 
    1b: TRANSFORMATION  1c: SUBSTITUTION  1d: the passage of the moon from one 
   pmonthly revolution to another; als o : the passage of the moon from one 
   phase to another 2: a fresh set of clothes  Brit  3: EXCHANGE  4a: money in 
   small denominations received in exchange for an equivalent sum  in larger 
   denominations 4b: money returned when a payment exceeds the amount due  4c: 
   coins of low denominations {a pocketful of ~}  5: an order in which a set 
   of bells is struck in change ringing ay imply any variation whatever 
   whether affecting a thing essentially or superficially; MUTATION stresses 
   lack of permanence and stability and presents change as inevitable; 
   PERMUTATION implies transposition within a group of otherwise unchanged 
   items; VICISSITUDE implies a change great enough to constitute a reversal 
   of what has been SYN syn MUTATION, PERMUTATION, VICISSITUDE: CHANGE m