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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBALTERNATE

a.[supra. ] Successive, succeeding by turns.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBALTERNATE

SUBALTERNATE Sub `al *ter "nate, a.

 

1. Succeeding by turns; successive.

 

2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.

 

SUBALTERNATE

SUBALTERNATE Sub `al *ter "nate, n. (Logic )

 

Defn: A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.