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alterne

alterne is the alternative form of altern.

Meaning of altern

Adjective

altern (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
    • And God made two great lights, great for thir use / To Man, the greater to have rule by day, / The less by night, alterne ; and made the stars, / And set them in the firmament of Heaven / To illuminate the Earth, and rule the day / In their vicissitude, and rule the night, / And light from darkness...1667, John Milton, “Book CLXXXIX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...

Questions about alterne

What is alterne the alternative form of?
Alterne is the alternative form of altern.

Words near alterne in the dictionary

  1. alternativity
  2. alternator
  3. alternators
  4. alternavirus
  5. alternaviruses
  6. alterne
  7. alternifoliate
  8. alternipetalous
  9. alternipinnate
  10. alternise
  11. alternised

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