n. [ L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See Arch-, pref., and Angel. ] 1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. archangélique. ] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an automatic device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
Syn. -- record changer, changer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the capital of the ancient Chinese empire.
Syn. -- Sian, Singan, Xian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Changed p. pr. & vb. n. Changing. ] [ F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange, barter, L. cambire. Cf. Cambial. ] 1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that do change old love for new,
Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. --
To change hands, to change owners. --
To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [ Colloq. ] --
To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.

Syn. -- To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn. See Alter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I am Lord, I change not. Mal. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v. t. ] 1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ringing grooves of change. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. Judg. xiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ See Exchange. ] A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [ Colloq. for Exchange. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A public house; an alehouse. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They call an alehouse a change. Burt. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Change of life, 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. --
Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. --
Change wheel (Mech.), 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. --
To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

Syn. -- Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Changeableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. changeable. ] 1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a changeable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His course had been changeful. Motley.

-- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also
change-speed gear. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A key adapted to open only one of a set of locks; -- distinguished from a master key. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

-- Change"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Change + -ling. ] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The changeling [ a substituted writing ] never known. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One apt to change; a waverer. “Fickle changelings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. “A little changeling boy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to change; inconstant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Baseball) a baseball pitch thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball; -- called also change-up.
Syn. -- change-up, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an event that results in a transformation.
Syn. -- conversion, transition. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who changes or alters the form of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who deals in or changes money. John ii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One apt to change; an inconstant person. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. an electronic device which changes one replaceable medium for another, such as a record changer, which can store several records and move each one automatically to the playing table; or a CD changer, whch can store multiple compact disks and move each one to the reading slot, in a sequence determined by the user. [ PJC ]

n. ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing. See change{ 9 }, n. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Baseball) same as change-of-pace.
Syn. -- change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counterchanged p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging. ] 1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor
Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exchange; reciprocation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exchanged. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exchanged p. pr. & vb. n. Exchanging ] [ Cf.OF. eschangier, F. échanger. See Exchange, n. ] 1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing parted with); as, to exchange a palace for cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

And death for life exchanged foolishly. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shift his being
Is to exchange one misery with another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.

Syn. -- To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck; swap; traffic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. échanger, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf. Excamb. ] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business; also, the institution which sets regulations and maintains the physical facilities of such a place; as, the New York Stock Exchange; a commodity exchange. In this sense the word was at one time often contracted to 'change [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. --
Bill of exchange. See under Bill. --
Exchange broker. See under Broker. --
Par of exchange, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. --
Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation.

Syn. -- Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being exchangeable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.F. échangeable. ] 1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. [ 1913 Webster ]

The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. “An exchangeable value.” J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

. An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt. xxv. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unchangeableness. [ Obs. ] Kenrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Interchanged p. pr. & vb. n. Interchanging ] [ OE. entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See Inter-, and Change. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall interchange
My waned state for Henry's regal crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make an interchange; to alternate. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. entrechange. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons. “Interchange of kindnesses.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The interchanges of light and darkness. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted. A common interchange is the cloverleaf. [ PJC ]

n. The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. entrechangeable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution. “Interchangeable warrants.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. Holder.

-- In`ter*change"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`ter*change"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. entrechangement. ] Mutual transfer; exchange. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (math, logic) not able to be interchanged without changing the truth value. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Not able to be substituted for each other; -- of objects, such as parts of machinery; as, the ink cartidges on the new printer are noninterchangeable with those on the older model. [ PJC ]

n. Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [ R. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To change again, or change back. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Com.) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rate of reexchange is regulated with respect to the drawer, at the course of exchange between the place where the bill of exchange was payable, and the place where it was drawn. Reexchange can not be cumulated. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A central office in which the wires of telephones from local subscribers may be connected by switches to other local telephones or to long-distance lines, to permit transmission of conversation or data. In the late 1990's the traditional copper wires connecting local telephones to the telephone exchange have begun to be replaced with optical fiber connections. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See apparent.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
See bailable.
See bearable.
See beautiful.
See beliefful.
See believable.
See beneficial.
See benevolent.
See blamable.
See blemishable.
See blissful.
See boastful.
See bold.
See bookish.
See bounteous.
See bribable.
See brotherly.
See burdensome.
See businesslike.
See busy.
See candid.
See canonical.
See captious.
See careful.
See celestial.
See ceremonious.
See challengeable.
See changeable.
See chary.
See chastisable.
See cheerful.
See cheery.
See childish.
See chivalrous.
See choleric.
See christianlike.
See circumspect.
See civic.
See classible.
See classic.
See classical.
See cleanly.
See clear.
See clerical.
See clerklike.
See close.
See cloudy.
See clubbable.
See coagulable.
See cogitable.
See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
See communicative.
See compact.
See companionable.
See compassionate.
See compellable.
See competitive.
See complaisant.
See compliant. See complimentary.
See concealable.
See concurrent.
See conditionate.
See confinable.
See confutable.
See congealable.
See congenial.
See conjugal.
See conjunctive.
See conquerable.
See consecrate.
See containable.
See contaminate.
See contradictable.
See contrite.
See convenable.
See conventional.
See conversable.
See conversant.
See convertible.
See coquettish.
See cordial.
See corpulent.
See correspondent.
See corruptible.
See corruptive.
See costly.
See counselable.
See countable.
See counterfeit.
See courteous.
See courtierlike.
See courtly.
See crafty.
See creatable.
See critical.
See crystalline.
See cultivable.
See curious.
See customary.
See dangerous.
See daughterly.
See dead.
See deceivable.
See decidable.
See decipherable.
See declinable.
See decomposable.
See definable.
See delectable.
See deliberate.
See delightful.
See deliverable.
See democratic.
See demonstrable.
See demonstrative.
See deniable.
See derogatory.
See descendible.
See describable.
See desirable.
See desirous.
See despondent.
See devout.
See diaphanous.
See diligent.
See diminishable.
See discernible.
See disciplinable.
See discordant.
See discoverable.
See dissolvable.
See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.
[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]