v. 25B6; verb
Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage : CHANGE, make changes to, make different, make alterations to, adjust, make adjustments to, adapt, amend, modify, revise, revamp, rework, redo, refine, vary, transform; informal tweak; technical permute.
the state of affairs has altered : CHANGE, become different, undergo a (sea) change, adjust, adapt, transform, evolve.
preserve, stay the same.