Change | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Chānge, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHANGED; p. pr. & vb. n. CHANGING.] [Fr. changer, Pr. camjar, cambiar, It. cambiare, cangiare, from Lat. cambire, to exchange, barter, L. Lat. cambiare. Cf. CAMBIAL.]

Sense 1. To alter or make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the color or shape of a thing; to change the countenance.

Sense 2. To substitute another thing or other things for, whether of the same or a different kind; to exchange; as, to change the clothes; to change places with another.

Sense 3. To give another kind of money for; to alter the form or kind of, as of money, by receiving the value in a different kind.

He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith.

Sense 4. To become acid or tainted; to turn from a natural state of sweetness and purity; as, the milk has been changed by the weather.

To change a horse, or to change hand, to turn or bear the horse’s head from one hand to the other, from the left to the right, or from the right to the left.

Synonyms—To alter; vary; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn.

Chānge, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better, often for the worse.

Sense 2. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes.

Chāṅge, n.

noun

n. 1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. “Apprehensions of a change of dynasty.” Hallam. 2. A succession or substitution of one thing in the place of another; vicissitude; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden. Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. Tennyson.

A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.
Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder.
That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. “Thirty changes of raiment.” Judg. xiv. 12.
Small pieces of money, which may be given for larger pieces or for bank-notes; and hence, the balance of money paid beyond the price of goods purchased.
A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [Colloq. for exchange.]

Syn.—Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse.