re-ˈalter,v. [re- 5 a.] trans. To alter again. 1816Southey in Q. Rev. XIV. 347, I began to scribble, to alter, to read, and re-alter.1824Miss Mitford VillageSer. i. (1863) 6 He has a passion for bricks and mortar, and..diverts himself with altering and re-altering.