Alternating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus,
     p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.]
     To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by
     turns; to interchange regularly.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this
           life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition
           of good and evil.                        --Grew.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alternating
       adj 1: of a current that reverses direction at regular intervals;
              "alternating current" [ant: {direct}]
       2: occurring by turns; first one and then the other;
          "alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: {alternate(a)},
           {alternating(a)}]