alter age

[From Lat. alt or = a foster father; alo to rear. The breeding, nourishing, or fostering of a child. ( Davies on Ireland.) al-ter-ant, a. & s. [Eng. alter; -ant. In Fr. altérant .] 1. As adjective : Altering, changing. "And whether the body be alterant or altered."Bacon: Nat . Hist ., Cent. ix., § 800. 2. As substantive: An alternative. (Used in medicine.)