alternize
alternize verb: to alternate or take turns.
Verb
alternize (third-person singular simple present alternizes, present participle alternizing, simple past and past participle alternized)
- To alternate or take turns.
- From a sketch of the weather, taken at Galway, in 1789, it appears that the north-west winds were most prevalent there from January to August; that the storms and squalls from north-west, and those from south-west and south, were on an equality in number; and that the north-west and south-east...1804, William Patterson, Observations on the Climate of Ireland, pages 162–163
- Sufficient to say that he alternized cold mutton and toddy, narration and exclamation, eating, drinking, exposition and swearing, in a way that convinced me what he asserted was true — that his domestic felicity was forever destroyed.1854 June, A. Cuirass, “Mr. Paul Bobolink and his Two Marriages”, in The Pioneer: Or, California Monthly Magazine, volume 1, number 6, page 337
Forms of alternize
| third-person singular present | alternizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | alternizing |
| past participle | alternized |
| past | alternized |
| alternative form | alternise |
Questions about alternize
- What does alternize mean?
- Alternize means to alternate or take turns.
- What part of speech is alternize?
- Alternize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of alternize?
- The past tense of alternize is alternized.
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