Altarwise
Al″tar‐wise′ (�), adv. In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Altazimuth
Alt‐az″i‐muth (�), n. [Alltude + azimuth.] (Astron.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
Alter
Al″ter (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Altered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Altering.] [F. altérer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. Else, Other.] 1. To make otherwise; to chan...
Alter (2)
Al″ter, v. i. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. “The law of the Medes and Per...
Alterability
Al′ter‐a‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. [Cf. F. altérabilité.] The quality of being alterable; alterableness.
Alterable
Al″ter‐a‐ble (�), a. [Cf. F. altérable.] Capable of being altered.Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents.Rogers.
Alterableness
Al″ter‐a‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
Alterably
Al″ter‐a‐bly, adv. In an alterable manner.
Alterant
Al″ter‐ant (�), a. [LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. altérant.] Altering; gradually changing. Bacon.
Alterant (2)
Al″ter‐ant, n. An alterative. Chambers.
Alteration
Al′ter‐a″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. altération.] 1. The act of altering or making different.Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences.Hooker.2. The state...
Alterative
Al″ter‐a‐tive (�), a. [L. alterativus: cf. F. altératif.] Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of ...
Alterative (2)
Al″ter‐a‐tive, n. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.
Altercate
Al″ter‐cate (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Altercated; p. pr. & vb. n.Altercating.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See Alter.] To contend in words; t...
Altercation
Al′ter‐ca″tion (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr. L. altercatio.] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. “Stormy al...
Altercative
Al″ter‐ca‐tive (�), a. Characterized by wrangling; scolding. Fielding.
Alterity
Al‐ter″i‐ty (�), n. [F. altérité.] The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise.For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity ...
Altern
Al″tern (�), a. [L. alternus, fr. alter another: cf. F. alterne.] Acting by turns; alternate. Milton.Altern base(Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side prev...
Alternacy
Al‐ter″na‐cy (�), n. Alternateness; alternation. Mitford.
Alternant
Al‐ter″nant (�), a. [L. alternans, p. pr.: cf. F. alternant. See Alternate, v. t.] (Geol.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks.
Alternat
‖Al′ter′nat″ (?), n. A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. Th...
Alternate
Al‐ter″nate (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus. See Altern, Alter.] 1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or ...
Alternate (2)
Al‐ter″nate (?; 277), n. 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.Grateful alternates of substantial.Prior.2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of ...
Alternate (3)
Al″ter‐nate (?; 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 caus...
Alternate (4)
Al″ter‐nate, v. i. 1. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; — followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other.Rag...
Alternately
Al‐ter″nate‐ly (�), adv. 1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.2. (Math.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared w...
Alternateness
Al‐ter″nate‐ness, n. The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.