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ied time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12.

Also. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to Alsatia.

A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. vi. 20.

The higher part of the scale. See Alto. To be in alt, to be in an exalted state of mind.

Of or pertaining to the Altai, a mountain chain in Central Asia.

ne or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. Gen. viii. 20.

The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.

A chaplain.

The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.

An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. "To alter the king's course." "To alter the condition of a man." "No power in Venice can alter a decree." Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out…

The quality of being alterable; alterableness.

Capable of being altered. Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers.

The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.

In an alterable manner.

Altering; gradually changing. Bacon.

The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker.