ALTERNATEv.t.
[L. alterno. See Alter. With the accent on the second syllable, the participle alternating can hardly be pronounced.]
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to change one thing for another reciprocally; as, God alternates good and evil.
ALTERNATEv.i.
1. To happen or to act by turns; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.
2. To follow reciprocally in place.
Different species alternating with each other.