Therefore will I change their glory into shame.
Hosea. iv. 7.

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

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

He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it.
Goldsmith.

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.

For I am Lord, I change not.
Mal. iii. 6.

Apprehensions of a change of dynasty.
Hallam.

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

Our fathers did for change to France repair.
Dryden.

The ringing grooves of change.
Tennyson.

Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments.
Judg. xiv. 12.

They call an alehouse a change.
Burt.

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.
Holder.

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.