a. Obs. rare. [f. L. altern-us: see ALTERN and -AL I. 3.] = ALTERNATE a.
1571. T. N[ewton], Lemnies Touchst. Complex. (1633), 91. That thing that lackes alternall rest, continue cannot long.
1611. Florio, Vicissitudinale, according to an alternall or enterchangeable course. [Not in J.; but in Todd, etc.]