Subalternate

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

  Subalternate \Sub`al*ter"nate\, a.
     1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
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     2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
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              All their subalternate and several kinds. --Evelyn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subalternate \Sub`al*ter"nate\, n. (Logic)
     A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See
     {Subaltern}, 2.
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