[f. ALTER + -ING1.] The action of changing in some respect; alteration. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XIII. iii. 39. O how grete mocioun, quhat altering vnstabill.
1628. Gaule, Practique The., 107. The many and strange alterings and happenings to Men.
1697. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), IV. 282. Accused of altering an exchequer bill from £10 to £100.
