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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), verb (used with an object) [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.
The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
alternating
adjective
1: of a current that reverses direction at regular intervals; "alternating current" [ant: {direct}]
2: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)}, {alternating(a)}]
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