Altern
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Altern is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
Meaning
(obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
Example Sentences
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 to divide. […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alternative, alternational, alternate, coalternative, alternatative, alternant.
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