Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
And bid alternate passions fall and rise
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.
the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.
Other; alternative.
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That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
Grateful alternates of substantial peace.
A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
Corridors beyond this point have collapsed. I'm looking for an alternate. Careful.
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.
To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Do...
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A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
To vary by turns.
The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.