transitive verb changed, changing
- to put or take (a thing) in place of something else; substitute for, replace with, or transfer to another of a similar kind: to change one's clothes, to change jobs
- to give and receive reciprocally; exchange; switch: let's change seats
- to cause to become different; alter; transform; convert: success changed him
- to undergo a variation of: leaves change color
- to give or receive the equivalent of (a coin or bank note) in currency of lower denominations or in foreign money
- to put a fresh, replacement covering, as a diaper or bedclothes, on
Origin:
ME changen < OFr changier < LL cambiare < L cambire, to exchange, barter < Celt (as in OIr camb) < IE base *kamb-, to bend, crook (> Welsh cam, Bret kamm, crooked)