subalternate

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ alternate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈbɔːltə(ɹ)nət/

Adjective

subalternate (comparative more subalternate, superlative most subalternate)

1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
2. Subaltern; inferior; subordinate.
   • 1670, John Evelyn, “. Introduction.”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, page 2:

     [S]uch as are Sative and Hortenſial ſubalternate to the other; [...]

Noun

subalternate (plural subalternates)

1. (logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one.

See also

• subaltern

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “subalternate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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