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5 definitions found 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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