change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

optimise, optimize - modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; "optimize a computer program"

attemper - modify the temperature of; "attemper the air"

syncopate - modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat

update - modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house"

update - bring to the latest state of technology

hop up, soup up, hot up - make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

cream - add cream to one's coffee, for example

qualify, restrict - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"

corrupt, spoil - alter from the original

temper, harden - harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

specialise, specialize - suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"

buffer - add a buffer (a solution); "buffered saline solution for the eyes"

inflect - change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language

cushion, buffer, soften - protect from impact; "cushion the blow"

grammar - studies of the formation of basic linguistic units

add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

decelerate, slow down - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"

accelerate, speed up, speed - cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

awaken, wake up, waken, rouse, wake, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

cause to sleep - make fall asleep; "The soft music caused us to to fall asleep"

affect - act physically on; have an effect upon

refreshen, freshen, refresh - make fresh again

fecundate, inseminate, fertilise, fertilize - introduce semen into (a female)

indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"

cry - bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy cried himself to sleep"

etiolate - make pale or sickly; "alcohol etiolates your skin"

animalise, animalize, brutalise, brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"

convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"

opalise, opalize - make opalescent

arterialise, arterialize - change venous blood into arterial blood

make, get - give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"

counterchange, interchange, transpose - cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"

vascularise, vascularize - make vascular; "the yolk sac is gradually vascularized"

decrepitate - to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts"

suburbanise, suburbanize - make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities"

revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn - change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

etiolate - bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight

barbarise, barbarize - make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man"

alkalinise, alkalinize - make (a substance) alkaline; "The oxyde is alkalized"

mythicise, mythicize, mythologise, mythologize - make into a myth; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66"

allegorise, allegorize - make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"

demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

land, bring - bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"

coarsen - make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"

affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"

alchemise, alchemize - alter (elements) by alchemy

alcoholise, alcoholize - make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes"

shape, form - give a shape or form to; "shape the dough"

round down, round off, round out, round - express as a round number; "round off the amount"

suspend - cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

sober - cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"

reconstruct - cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically

increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

ease off, let up, ease up - reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"

assimilate - make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"

dissimilate - make dissimilar; cause to become less similar

commute, exchange, convert - exchange a penalty for a less severe one