subalternate

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ alternate

Adjective

subalternate (comparative more subalternate, superlative most subalternate)

1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
   • Evelyn

     all their subalternate and several kinds

Noun

subalternate (plural subalternates)

1. (logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one.

See also

• subaltern

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.