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Show ALTE'RNATE _certain, alterable by a thoufand accldents, whic W i Rogers we can neither forefee nor prevent I wifh they had been more clear in their dircc T tions upon that mighty point, Whether the fettle nu;] ment of the fucceflion in the Houfe of Hanove N be alterable, or no T Savift _,mitting chang Hear how Timotheus' various lays furprife And bid alternate paffions fall and rife from external caufes While, at each change, the fon of Lybian Jov Now burns with glory, and then melts with love Pope A'LTERABLY. adv. [from alterable.] I fuch a manner as may be altered ANGLES [in geometry ALTE'RNAT are the internal angles made by a lin cutting two parallels, and lying on th oppofite fides of the cutting line ; th A'LTERAGE. 7 /. [from alo.] The breeding, nourifhing, or foftering of a child In Ireland they put their children to fofterers the rich fell, the meaner fort buying the altcrag « of their children; and the reafon is, becaufe, i the opinion of the people, foftering has alway been a ftronger alliance than blood Sir Fobn Davies ox Ireland A'LTERANT. adj. [alterant, Fr.] Tha which has the power of producin changes in any thing And whether the body be alterant or altered evermore a perception precedeth operation ; fo elfe all bodies would be alike one to another Bacon ALTERA'TION. #. /. [from alter; alterationy Fr. 1. The a& of altering or changing Alteration though it be fro worfe to better But he once paft, foon after, when man fell Strange alteration! Sin, and Death, amai ‘Following his track (fuch was the will of heav'n! - Pav'd after him a broad and beaten way. Milton No other alteration will fatisfy ; nor this neither very long, without an utter abolition of all order South Appiu fon o Claudiu thofe wh admitte t ha flaves; by which bee the fenate th and fucceeding alterations, that council degenerate into a moft corrupt body Sawif A'LTERATIVE Medicine adj. [from alter. calle alterative ar fuc as hav no immediate fenfible operation, but graduall gain upon the conftitution, by changing the humours from a ftate of diftemperature to health Quincy ‘They are oppofed to evacuants When there is an eruption of humour in an part, it is not cured merely by outward applications, but by fuch alterative medicines as purif the blood Government of the Tongue ALTERCA'TION fro altercor 7. / Lat. [altercation Fr Debate ; contro verfy; wrangle mrfgz‘ By this hot purfuit of lower controverfie amongft men profefling religion, and agreeing i the principal foundations thereof, they conceiv hope, that, about the higher principles them{elves Hooker time will caufe alrercation to grow "Their whole life was little elfe than a perpetua . wrangling and altercation ; and that, many times rather for vi€tory and oftentation of wit, than i fober and ferious fearch of truth Halkewill on Providence ALTE'RN. adj. [alternus, Lat.] A&ing b [fmn?'-i; turns, in fucceflion each to the other And God made two great lights, great for thei uf jit r_dfi;( ~ Tomanj the greater to have rule by day Milton ':' " "The lefs by night, altexn i;f'fl.,,fl, ALTERNACY. 7. [0 [from alternate.] Ac i i 'YV ~ tion performed by turns firf parallel th an other above the fecond ALTE'RNATE. #. /. [from alternate, adj. That which happens alternately; viciffitude And rais'd in pleafure, or repos'd in eafe Grateful alternates of fubftantial peace They blefs the long noturnal influence fhe On the crown'd goblet, and the genial bed. Prior 7o ALTE'RNATE. v. a. {alterno, Lat. 1. To perform alternately Thofe who, in their courfe Melodious hymns about the fov'reign thron Alternate all night long Milton Why may we not prefume, that God doth eve Mov'd on th unto this life, for fundry wife ends, alternates th difpofition of good and evil Grew So he, with difficulty and labour. hard o leni belo on hath in it inconveniencics, and thofe weighty Hooker call for fuch change or alteration, as the ver condition of things themfelves doth make neceffary Hooker i | 2, To change one thing for another reciprocally 2. The change made Lat. Friendfhip confifts properly in mutual offices and a generous ftrife in alternate a@s of kindnefs South The quality of being alterable, or ad [alternus ciprocal A'LTERABLENESS. 2 . [from alterable. N adj Being by turns; one after another ; re R AE Adls d@;; VoL, Toi The moft high God, in all things appertainin ALTE'RNATELY I reciproca adv. [from alternate. fucceflion f tha eac fhall be fucceeded by that which it fucceeds, as light follows darknefs, an darknefs follows light ‘The princefs Melefinda, bath'd in tears And tofs'd alternately with hopes and fears Would learn from you the fortunes of her lord Dryden Unhappy man ! whom forrow thus and rag Prior To different ills alternately engage The rays of light are, by fome caufe or other alternately difpofe to be reflected or refrated fo many viciflitudes Jezvton ALTE'RNATENESS. 7. /. [from alternate. The quality of being alternate, or o happening 1in reciprocal fucceflion. Dicz AvTERNA‘TION. 7. /. [from alternate. The reciprocal fucceflion of things The one would be opprefled with conftant heat the other with infufferable cold; and fo the defec of alternation would utterly impugn the generatio Brown of all things ALTeRNATIVE. #. /. [alternatif, Fr. The choice given of two things ; fo tha if one be rejetted, the other muft b taken A ftrange alternativemmammmmm Mu#t ladies have a do&or, or a dance ? ALTERNATIVELY tive adv Young [from alrerna In alternate manner ; by turns reciptocaily An appeal alternatively made may be tolerate Ayiiffe's Parergon by the civil law as valid a continual motion, without the altersity and vi ciffitude of reft, whereby all other animals continue. Broawr's Vulgar Errours ALTHO'UGH. conj. [from all and though See Tvovcn.] Notwithftanding ; however it may be granted ; however i may be that W all know altboug the b that many things are believed intricate obfcure an dark although they exceed the reach and capacity of ou wits5 yea, although in this world they be no wa poflible to be underftood Hooker Me the gold of France did not feduce Although1 did admit it as a motiv The fooner to effect what I intended. - Shakcfp The ftrefs muft be laid upon a majority; with out which the laws would be of little weight, a/though they be good additional fecurities Swvift A'LTIGRADE. adj. [from altus. and gradior, Lat.] Rifing on high Diét ArLTi'LoQUENCE. . [ [altus and loguor Lat.] High {peech ; pompous language ALTI'METRY. 7. /. [altimetria, Lat. fro altus and pérgor.] The art of taking o meafuring altitudes or heights, whethe acceflible or inacceflible, generally per formed by a quadrant ALTIsSONANT | az{/.[alfz'fimw,Lat.]Hig Avrri'sonous. § f{ounding; pompous o lofty in found i A'LTiTUDE. 2 f. [altitude, Lat. 1. Height of place; fpace meafured upward Ten mafts attach'd make not the altirude Which thou haft perpendicularly fall''n. = Shakefp Some define the perpendicular alfitude of th higheft mountains to be four miles; others bu fifteen furlongs Brown She fhines above, we know, but in what place How near the throne, and heav'n's imperial face By our weak opticks is but vainly guefs'd Diftance and altitude conceal the reft Dryden 2. The elevation of any of the heavenl bodies above the horizon Even unto the latitude of fifty-two, the efficac thereof is not much confiderable, svhether w confider its afcent, meridian, aftitude, or abod above the horizon Browr's Pulgar Errours Has not a poet more virtues and vices withi his circle, cannot he obferve them and their influences in their oppofitions and conjunctions, i their altitudes and depreffions Rymer 3. Situation with regard to lower things Thofe members which are pairs, ftand by on another in equal altitude and anfwer on each fid one to another 4. Height of excellence; fuperiority Your alrirude oftends the eye Of thofe who want the power to rife 5. Height of degree ; higheft point Ray Savift He did it to pleafe his mother, and to be partl proud 3 which he is, even to the altizude of hi virtue Shakefpeare Avti'voLanT. adj. [altivolans, Lat. fro altus and wolo.] High flying Di& A'LTeGETHER. ¢dw. {from a/l and ¢ gether. 1. Completely; without reftriion; with out exception It is in vain to fpeak -of planting laws, an ALTe'RNATIVENESS. 7. /. [from alfernative] The quality or ftate of bein Dia alternative; reciprocation ALTERNITY. n /. [from altern.] Reciprocal fucceffion ; viciflitade ; turn mutual change.of one thing for another reciprocation We find not in the world any people that hat Hooker lived a/togetber without religion If death and danger are thisgs that really cannot be endured, no man could ever be oblige dimenfions, and longelt duration, fhould live i South They imagine, that an animal of the vaftef plotting policy till the people be alregerher fubSpenfer's Stare of Ireland dped to fuffer for his confcience or to die for hi ligion; it being altogetber as abfurd to i a man obliged to fufler, as to de impodibilities 1d |