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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus p. p. of
alternate, fr alternus See {Altern}, {Alter}.]
1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in
succession of time or place by turns first one and then
the other hence reciprocal.
And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope.
2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly
intervene between the members of another series, as the
odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other every
second as the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read
every alternate line
3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights
of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular
divergence. --Gray.
{Alternate alligation}. See {Alligation}.
{Alternate angles} (Geom.), the internal and angles made by
two lines with a third on opposite sides of it It the
parallels AB CD are cut by the line EF the angles AGH,
GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate
angles.
{Alternate generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), n.
1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
[R.]
Grateful alternates of substantial. --Prior.
2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another,
if necessary, in performing some duty.
3. (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by
interchanging the means
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Alternated}; p. pr & vb n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus
p. p. of alternare See {Altern}.]
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by
turns; to interchange regularly.
The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this
life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition
of good and evil. --Grew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alternate \Al"ter*nate\, v. i.
1. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow
reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with as
the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other
Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. --J.
Philips.
Different species alternating with each other
--Kirwan.
2. To vary by turns; as the land alternates between rocky
hills and sandy plains.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alternate
adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on
alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the
White Queen [syn: {alternate(a)}, {every other(a)}]
2: allowing a choice; "an alternative plan" [syn: {alternative}]
3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other
"alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)},
{alternating(a)}]
4: (botany) of leaves and branches etc first on one side and
then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired;
"stems with alternate leaves" [ant: {opposite}]
n : someone who takes the place of another person [syn: {surrogate},
{replacement}]
v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
or conditions [syn: {jump}]
2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and
functions
3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: {understudy}]
4: reverse, as of direction or attitude [syn: {interchange}, {switch},
{flip}, {flip-flop}]
5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
[syn: {take turns}]
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