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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster] Different species alternating with each other. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster] 2. To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), n. 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. [R.] [1913 Webster] Grateful alternates of substantial. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: alternate adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen 2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" [syn: {alternate}, {alternative}, {substitute}] 3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)}, {alternating(a)}] 4: 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}, {paired}] n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: {surrogate}, {alternate}, {replacement}] v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions [syn: {alternate}, {jump}] 2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions 3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: {understudy}, {alternate}] 4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: {interchange}, {tack}, {switch}, {alternate}, {flip}, {flip- flop}] 5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" [syn: {alternate}, {take turns}]