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<hw>Change</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>change</ets>, fr. <ets>changer</ets>. See <er>Change</er>. <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; <as>as, a <ex>change</ex> of countenance; a <ex>change</ex> of habits or principles.</as></def>

<blockquote>Apprehensions of a <b>change</b> of dynasty. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my <b>change</b> come. <i>Job xiv. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; <as>as, a <ex>change</ex> of seasons</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Our fathers did for <b>change</b> to France repair. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The ringing grooves of <b>change</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A passing from one phase to another; <as>as, a <ex>change</ex> of the moon</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.</def>

<blockquote>Thirty <b>change</b> (R.V. <b>changes</b>) of garments. <i>Judg. xiv. 12.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <ety>[See <er>Exchange</er>.]</ety> <def>A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.</def> <mark>[Colloq. for Exchange.]</mark>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A public house; an alehouse.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>They call an alehouse a <b>change</b>. <i>Burt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.</def>

<blockquote>Four bells admit twenty-four <b>changes</b> in ringing. <i>Holder.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Change of life</col>, <cd>the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age.</cd> -- <col>Change ringing</col>, <cd>the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above.</cd> -- <col>Change wheel</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc.</cd> -- <col>To ring the changes on</col>, <cd>to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse.</syn>

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<hw>Change`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Changeableness.</def>

<h1>Changeable</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Change"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>changeable</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; <as>as, a <ex>changeable</ex> humor</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; <as>as, <ex>changeable</ex> silk</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile.</syn>

<h1>Changeableness</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Change"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability.</def>

<h1>Changeably</h1> <Xpage=238>

<hw>Change"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a changeable manner.</def>