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altern

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Borrowed from Latin alternus (“every other, alternate”).

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not comparable, obsolete Acting by turns; alternate. 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

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@misc{altern_2026,
  title = {altern},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/altern},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}