alteratorn.

Brit.

/ɔːltəˈreɪtə/,

/ɒltəˈreɪtə/, U.S.

/ˌɔltəˈreɪdər/,

/ˌɑltəˈreɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: alterate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < alterate v. + -or suffix, originally after French †altérateur (1660 in the passage translated in quot. 1662). Compare French altérateur (adjective) that alters (16th cent. in Middle French). Compare earlier alterer n.

Now rare.

A person who or thing which alters, or is able to alter, something (often with word or phrase specifying the thing altered).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [noun] > one who or that which causes change

changera1398

mutator1632

innovator1638

alterator1662

turnabouta1670

alterant1750

1662 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry I. 195 Air, which is the great Alterator [Fr. le grand alterateur] of all things.

1758 H. Lee Sophron I. 3 (note) It [sc. sleep] is the alterator of the movements of the mind and body.

1852 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. 1 568 He evidently also forgot another office, which he frequently exercised, that of Alterator, by which revelations were from time to time altered by him.

1933 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 17 May 3/5 Miss Mary Evans..was able to resume her work as alterator at Verran's this week.

1998 Independent 30 Mar. (Media Plus section) 5/2 (caption) James Boyle, schedule alterator.

2002 P. Carnes & M. Wilson in P. Carnes & K. M. Adams Clin. Managem. Sex Addiction i. 5 Sexual activity clearly works as a mood enhancer and mood alterator.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alterator
释义	alteratorn. Brit. /ɔːltəˈreɪtə/, /ɒltəˈreɪtə/, U.S. /ˌɔltəˈreɪdər/, /ˌɑltəˈreɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: alterate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < alterate v. + -or suffix, originally after French †altérateur (1660 in the passage translated in quot. 1662). Compare French altérateur (adjective) that alters (16th cent. in Middle French). Compare earlier alterer n. Now rare. A person who or thing which alters, or is able to alter, something (often with word or phrase specifying the thing altered). ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > one who or that which causes change changera1398 mutator1632 innovator1638 alterator1662 turnabouta1670 alterant1750 1662 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry I. 195 Air, which is the great Alterator [Fr. le grand alterateur] of all things. 1758 H. Lee Sophron I. 3 (note) It [sc. sleep] is the alterator of the movements of the mind and body. 1852 Brit. & Foreign Evangelical Rev. 1 568 He evidently also forgot another office, which he frequently exercised, that of Alterator, by which revelations were from time to time altered by him. 1933 Middlesboro (Kentucky) Daily News 17 May 3/5 Miss Mary Evans..was able to resume her work as alterator at Verran's this week. 1998 Independent 30 Mar. (Media Plus section) 5/2 (caption) James Boyle, schedule alterator. 2002 P. Carnes & M. Wilson in P. Carnes & K. M. Adams Clin. Managem. Sex Addiction i. 5 Sexual activity clearly works as a mood enhancer and mood alterator. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1662
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