Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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alter | No | No | Yes | No |
patent | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
alter (noun) | patent (noun) |
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an official document granting a right or privilege | |
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
alter (adjective) | patent (adjective) |
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clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | |
(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage |
alter (verb) | patent (verb) |
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remove the ovaries of | make open to sight or notice |
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | obtain a patent for |
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | grant rights to; grant a patent for |
insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | |
make an alteration to |