modify 'cause to change; make different; cause a transformation' change 'cause to change; make different; cause a transformation' alter 'cause to change; make different; cause a transformation' convert 'change the nature, purpose, or function of something'
transmute transform metamorphose change convert turn morph alter
convert 'FN: modify to become.' transform 'FN: cause to have an altered nature.' reshape 'COD: shape or form (something) differently or again.' alter 'COD: change in character, appearance, direction, etc. ' deform 'COD: distort the shape or form of' modify 'COD: make partial changes to (something) in order to improve it or lessen its severity' turn 'FN: cause to change into a different kind of entity.' change 'FN: alter into a different forms.' vary 'COD: modify or change (something) to make it less uniform.' make 'COD: '
convert slaves to laborers convert lead into gold The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue convert hotels into jails The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city
Examples from VerbNet
He turned into a frog. The witch turned him from a prince into a frog. The witch turned him into a frog. He converted to a world without CFCs. The man converted again. The thrift converted from a mutual form in April 1986 to a stock form of ownership. He turned from a prince into a frog. The 1980s bull market transformed the U.S. securities business. The thrift converted to a stock form of ownership from a mutual form in April 1986.
Examples from SemCor
Such an interpretation of death radically alters the Christian view of creation; for it teaches salvation from, not salvation in, time and history. Chewing it over with his colleagues and in his own mind, he reaches a tentative identification of the question- tentative because it may change as he explores it further and because, if no tolerable answer can be found, it may have to be changed into one which can be answered. I have observed that being up on a horse changes the whole character of a man, and when a very small man is up on a saddle, he 'd like as not prefer to eat his meals there. The change was not quite so dramatic as it sounds because in_fact common norms continued to be invoked by municipal courts and were only gradually changed by legislation, and then largely in marginal situations. It has further been shown that:( 1) an experimental neurosis in its initial stages is associated with a reversible shift in the central autonomic balance;( 2) drugs altering the hypothalamic balance alter conditioned_reactions;( 3) in a state of depression, the positive conditioned_stimulus may fail to elicit a conditioned_reaction but cause an increased synchrony instead of the excitatory desynchronizing( alerting) effect on the EEG. When a city has arranged things like this you cannot easily change them. Modern_times have changed the world beyond recognition. Independence_Day is the appropriate date as a symbolical reminder of the American article of faith that governments are instituted among men to secure to them certain inalienable rights, the first of_which is life, and when any government becomes subversive of_that end, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it. For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme_Court in_that transformation- the manner in_which its decisions altered in`` the switch in_time that saved nine'', President_Roosevelt 's ill-starred but in_effect victorious`` Court-packing plan'', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation. The trial will be held, probably the first week of March, in the famous Old_Bailey central criminal_court where Klaus_Fuchs, the naturalized British German born scientist who succeeded in giving American and British atomic_bomb secrets to Russia and thereby changed world history during the 1950 s, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Yet, the object of the element of achieving through the process of goal attaining for this population appears to have been changed by circumstances brought_about by the war. The shutter aperture may be made larger or smaller by changing the foil area and adjusting the electrical energy input to the foil. Now they learn that men can change their surroundings, through their traditional village elders, without violence. Senate_Republican_Leader_Dirksen[ Ill.] and House_Republican_Leader_Charles_Halleck[ Ind.] said the message did not persuade them to change their opposition to compulsory medical insurance. Since electrical stimulation of the posterior hypothalamus produces the effects of wakefulness while stimulation of the anterior hypothalamus induces sleep, it may be said that the reactivity of the whole organism is altered by a change in the autonomic reactivity of the hypothalamus. Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in_this new context, this new coat_of_paint. conduct, encourage, and promote fundamental scientific research and basic studies to develop the best and most economical processes and methods for converting saline water into water suitable for beneficial consumptive purposes; Twenty-four_hours had changed him from a performer to a freak. Such modifications are all for the best but it takes something as different as a Deerstalker or a Jet to change arms-making concepts. In_other_words, like automation machines designed to work in tandem, they shared the same programming, a mutual_understanding not_only of English words, but of the four stresses, pitches, and junctures that can change their meaning from black to white. Argiento had been trained so rigorously by the Jesuits that Michelangelo was unable to change his habits: up before dawn to scrub the floors, whether they were dirty or not; water boiling on the fire for washing laundry, the pots scoured with river sand after each meal. Nothing in the Act shall be construed to alter existing law with respect to the ownership and control of water. Occasionally, for no reason that I could see, they would suddenly alter the angle of their trot. Therefore, if the target can significantly change its location in something less_than 30_minutes, the probability of having destroyed it is drastically lowered. A high protein diet, calcium_lactate supplements, and norethandrolone failed to change the skeletal complaint or the severe muscle weakness. Hanging the responsible officials would not abolish the government, but would emphasize its accountability for the lives of its individual citizens, which would certainly alter it, and definitely for the better. Another weakness- far more irritating than his manner_of_speaking, which he made only token effort to change- was his devotion to_that old horse of Tolley 's. Suppose her father had changed his mind and had refused to let her leave? The first one, two years ago, changed the routine of their home life. On May 11, 330 A._D., its name was changed again, this time to Constantinople after its emperor, Constantine. When that was broken_up after the First_World_War, its name was changed once_more. Years of patient application of compost and leaf mulching has changed the structure of the soil and its water-holding capacity. New_Mexico 's Clint_Anderson offered a resolution to change the Senate 's notorious Rule 22 to allow three-fifths of the Senators present and voting to cut_off debate, instead of the current hard-to-get two-thirds. This cooling does not change the avocado in any way, it just delays the natural softening of the fruit until a grove like temperature( room_temperature) is restored. Furthermore, conditioned_reactions are fundamentally altered when the hypothalamic sympathetic reactivity is augmented beyond a critical level, and several types of behavioral changes probably related_to the degree of central autonomic`` tuning'' are observed. So many Cubans were reported being swept into the Castro dragnet that the massive Sports Palace auditorium and at_least one hotel were converted into makeshift jails. The existing reverence for Centrality must have been still further stimulated toward the close of the second century B._C., when the Han_Emperor_Wu_Ti ordered the dynastic color changed to yellow- which symbolized the Center among the traditional Five Directions- and took 5 as the dynastic number, believing that he would thus place himself, his imperial family, and the nation under the_most auspicious influences. De_Jager( 1955) has calculated the times required for these particles to reach the atmosphere under the influence of the Poynting-Robertson effect, which in this case causes the orbits to become more_and_more eccentric without changing the major_axis. If this is the case, one would expect that the various procedures just mentioned which alter the hypothalamic balance would influence emotional_state and behavior but that emotion itself would act likewise. She wished to change much for the children here''. He refused to change his approach, and instead he attacked high_and_low- the officials for their not backing him, and subordinates for their laxness, stupidity, and stubbornness. Alfred_Hayes, president of the Federal_Reserve_Bank of New_York, said Tuesday`` there is no present need for far-reaching reforms'' which would basically alter the international financial system. This changes the formula to an`` equation''. And his eyes- those miniature sundials of variegated yellow- had not altered their expression or direction. The cold settled like a tangible pall over the Mile_High_City, locking it in an icy grip that harshened its outlines and altered its physical appearance; it had a look of grim stark realism, resembling other cities whose habitual climate was cold, instead of the sprawling bumptious open-handed greedy Western city basking in eternal sunshine at the foot of mountains stored with endless riches and resources. And while the meaning of the words is not in_this instance altered, the quality of communication in both the second and third examples is definitely impaired. `` He works for my father'', the girl said, and_then seemed to change her mind. There it seems that the goitrogen ingested by dairy animals is itself inactive but is converted in the animal to an active goitrogen, which is then secreted in the milk. She had helped him change his mind. On chemical grounds it seems most likely that iodide is first converted to** f and then to** f as the active iodinating species. `` The church 's ability to change her methods is going_to determine her ability to meet the challenge of_this hour''. Those who responded with an arm-elevation in the nai ^ ve state did not change their reaction when told that there were some normal people who did not react in_this fashion. Electrical literature contained numerous references to lightning that had magnetized iron and had altered the polarity of compass needles. A small pressure unbalance displaces the diaphragm and changes the capacitance between the diaphragm and an electrically insulated plate spaced 0.001 in. apart( for** f). The engineer turned works manager had a particular view of life- and refused to change it. Fourteen years is the maximum penalty now faced by the new five, who may have altered history in the 1960 s. There is nothing to suggest that the brain can alter past impressions to fit into an original, realistic and unbroken continuity like we experience in dreams. None of these values is destroyed, not significantly altered by refrigeration storage. And in_any_case, answers may clarify but they do not change anything. Advertisers are changing their attitudes, both as to the significance of_this market and the ways of it. `` I wrote Bill in my last letter to forget that I had told him that I did mean to reconsider my decision not to change my mind- and he seems to have misunderstood me''. If the target can change its position significantly during the 30_minutes the missile is in_the_air on its way, the probability of the missile destroying the target is drastically reduced. You may change the dimensions to suit a frame for more or fewer levers and locks as you wish. The whole program must be conceived_of as an effort, stretching over a considerable number of years, to alter the basic social and economic_conditions in the less developed world. But he was not bored at_all; he had found his style quite early in his career and he thought it quite wonderful that the world admired it, and he could not imagine why he should alter it. First thing I did after my twenty-first birthday was go_into court and have it officially changed, and this is something I do tell everybody. Rudyard_Kipling 's scorn for the`` jargon'' of psychical research was altered somewhat when he wondered`` how, or why, had I been shown an unreleased roll of my life film''? In spreading the factories even farther, the automobile may not have changed to any great extent the growth pattern of the cities. Circumstances alter cases. Alcohol ingestion succeeded in changing immobility to mobility quite strikingly in one pilot subject( the only one with whom this technique was tried). The evident contradiction between the rosy picture of Russia 's progress painted by the Communist_party 's program and the enormous dangers for all humanity posed by Premier_Khrushchev 's Berlin policy has already led to speculation abroad that the program may be severely altered. Although the wood has been changed to coal, much of_it still retains its original cell structure. She had reason to change the one she made right after Mr._Meeker 's death. `` That 's none of your business'', she said, then changed the subject. Even the_least alteration will change the quality. In_order to save the mystery_story, they have converted the private_detective into an organization man. Moreover, the law of the land is not irrevocable; it can be changed; it has been, many times. Unhappily,`` Heaven Has No Favorites'' does not alter the record except to add one more bad book to the list. The 1954 Amendments completely changed the financing of the vocational_rehabilitation_program, a three part grant structure- for( 1) basic support;( 2) extension and improvement; and( 3) research, demonstrations, training and traineeships for vocational_rehabilitation- and for short-term training and instruction. These are few and seemingly disjointed data, but they illustrate the important fact that fundamental alterations in conditioned_reactions occur in a variety of states in which the hypothalamic balance has been altered by physiological experimentation, pharmacological action, or clinical processes. Codification was followed in all countries by a growing amount of legislation, some changing and adjusting the older law, much dealing with entirely new situations. Change our taxing law so_that no tax shall be charged to any owner for additions or improvements to his properties. Having whipped Mr._De_Sapio in the primaries and thus come_into control of Tammany_Hall, they have changed the name to Chatham_Hall. During the year that followed, Dick co-operated whole-heartedly with the dentist and was delighted with the final result achieved- an upper row of strong straight teeth that completely changed his facial appearance.