| Change |
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. |
| Change |
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. |
| Change |
v. t. |
To give and take reciprocally; to exchange;
followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. |
| Change |
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. |
| Change |
v. i. |
To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better. |
| Change |
v. i. |
To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night. |
| Change |
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. |
| Change |
v. t. |
A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. |
| Change |
v. t. |
A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. |
| Change |
v. t. |
Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. |
| Change |
v. t. |
That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. |
| Change |
v. t. |
Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. |
| Change |
v. t. |
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. |
| Change |
v. t. |
A public house; an alehouse. |
| Change |
v. t. |
Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. |
| Change gear |
|
A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant;
called also change-speed gear. |
| Change key |
|
A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks;
distinguished from a master key. |
| Changeability |
n. |
Changeableness. |
| Changeable |
a. |
Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. |
| Changeable |
a. |
Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk. |
| Changeableness |
n. |
The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability. |
| Changeably |
adv. |
In a changeable manner. |
| Changed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Change |
| Changeful |
a. |
Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. |
| Changeless |
a. |
That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. |
| Changeling |
n. |
One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. |
| Changeling |
n. |
A simpleton; an idiot. |
| Changeling |
n. |
One apt to change; a waverer. |
| Changeling |
a. |
Taken or left in place of another; changed. |
| Changeling |
a. |
Given to change; inconstant. |
| Changer |
n. |
One who changes or alters the form of anything. |
| Changer |
n. |
One who deals in or changes money. |
| Changer |
n. |
One apt to change; an inconstant person. |
