[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alternate \al"ternate\ ?; 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
see also:
alternated alternating altern 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

alternating
     adj 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: alternatea,
         alternatinga
see also:
direct alternatea alternatinga 

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