ALTERNATE (3)

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