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Synonye, shi+ft, transmute, commute, ure, vary, diversify, qualify, transfor other than it has been, in so else in its place; to _alter_ is ordinarily to _change_ partially, to e_ is often to transfer ownershi+p; as, to _exchange_ city for country property _Change_ is often used in the sense of _exchange_; as, to _change_ horses To _transe_ the qualities while the substance reold To _transfore_ form or appearance, with or without deeper and e; it is less absolute than _transmute_, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as _trans of your ure_ is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; ”Jesuswas _transfigured_ before them, and his face did shi+ne as the sun, and his raiht,” _Matt_ xvii, 1, 2 To _e, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called ”metamorphic rocks,” as when a limestone is _e_ from time to ti easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is _commuted_; as, to _commute_ capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to _commute_ daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment To _convert_ (L _con_, with, and _verto_, turn) is to prie_ in fore of relations; iron is _converted_ into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint To _turn_ is a popular word for _change_ in any sense short of theoften equivalent to _alter_, _convert_, _transform_, _transmute_, etc

We _; we _modify_ it by some limitation, _qualify_ it by some addition

Antonyms:

abide, continue, hold, persist, retain, bide, endure, keep, ree a hoe _froe clothes _with_ a beggar

CHANGE, _n_

Synony, transmutation, conversion, novelty, revolution, variation, diversity, regeneration, transformation, variety, innovation, renewal, transition, vicissitude

A _change_ is a passing from one state or for becomes unlike what it was before, or the unlikeness so produced; we say a _change_ was taking place, or the _change_ that had taken place was e_, often suggesting repeated or continual _change_; as, the _e_ to what is new, or the newness of that to which a change is made; as, he was perpetually desirous of _novelty_ _Revolution_ is specifically and overne_ in form, qualities, etc, but especially in position or action; as, the _variation_ of the netic needle or of the pulse _Variety_ is a succession of _changes_ or an interreeable _Vicissitude_ is sharp, sudden, or violent _change_, always thought of as surprising and often as disturbing or distressing; as, the _vicissitudes_ of politics

_Transition_ is _change_ by passing froular, or orderly way; as, the _transition_ fro to sue_ that breaks in upon an established order or custoion or politics For the distinctions between the other words coious sense _regeneration_ is the vital _renewing_ of the soul by the power of the divine Spirit; _conversion_ is the conscious and her spiritual state; as, in _Luke_ xxii, 32, ”when thou art _converted_, strengthen thy brethren” In popular use _conversion_ is the eneration_

Antonyms:

constancy, fixedness, invariability, steadiness, continuance, fixity, pereableness, firmness, identity, persistence, unifore _for_ the better; the change _froe _of_ a liquid _to_ or _into_ a gas; a change _in_ quality; a change _by_ absorption or oxidation

CHARACTER

Synonyenius, personality, reputation, temper, disposition, nature, record, spirit, temperament

_Character_ is what one is; _reputation_, what he is thought to be; his _record_ is the total of his known action or inaction As a rule, a man's _record_ will substantially express his _character_; his _reputation_ her or lower than his _character_ or _record_ will justify _Repute_ is a soeneral sense as _reputation_ One's _nature_ includes all his original endowments or propensities; _character_ includes both natural and acquired traits We speak of one's physical _constitution_ as strong or weak, etc, and figuratively, alith the adjective, of his mental or moral _constitution_ Compare CHARACTERISTIC