Alternative

Alternative
Alternative Al*ter"na*tive, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.] 1. Offering a choice of two things. [1913 Webster]

2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. [1913 Webster]

3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:
(between two things), (of two)


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