Change

chānj, v.t. to alter or make different: to put or give for another: to make to pa from one state to another: to exchange.— v.i. to suffer change: to change one's clothes.— n. the act of changing: alteration or variation of any kind: ( Shak. ) exchange: ( Shak. ) ficklene : a shift: variety: small coin: also used as a short term for the Exchange.— ns. Changeabil′ity , Change′ablene , ficklene : power of being changed.— adj. Change′able , subject or prone to change: fickle: inconstant.— adv. Change′ably .— adj. Change′ful , full of change: changeable.— adv. Change′fully .— ns. Change′fulne ; Change′-house ( Scot. ), a small inn or alehouse.— adj. Change′le , without change: constant.— ns. Change′ling , a child taken or left by the fairies in place of another—usually an under-sized, crabbed child: one apt to change; Chang′er , one who changes the form of anything: one employed in changing or discounting money; Chang′ing-piece ( Shak. ), a fickle person.— Change colour , to blush or turn pale; Change one's mind , to form a different opinion; Change one's self , to change one's clothes; Change one's tune , to change from joy to sorrow: to change one's manner of speaking.— Put the change on , to delude, trick.— Ring the changes , to go through the various changes in ringing a peal of bells: to go over in every po ible order: to pa counterfeit money: to bemuddle a shopman into giving too much change. [Fr. changer —Late L. cambiāre —L. cambīre , to barter.]