Altrices

1. n. pl. Nursers, — a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; — opposed to praecoces.

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Altruism

1. n. Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; — opposed to egoism or selfishness.

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Altruist

1. n. One imbued with altruism; — opposed to egoist.

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Alternate

1. n. A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
2. a. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
3. a. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. ; read every alternate line.
4. a. Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence.
5. n. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
6. n. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

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Alternated

1. imp. & p. p. of Alternate

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Alternating

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Alternate

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Alternately

1. adv. By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.
2. adv. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

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Alternateness

1. n. The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.

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Alternation

1. n. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
2. n. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
3. n. Permutation.

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Alternative

1. n. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
2. a. Offering a choice of two things.
3. a. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
4. a. Alternate; reciprocal.
5. n. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
6. n. Either of two things or propositions offered to one’s choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
7. n. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.

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