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Webster 1913 Edition

Alterant

Al′ter-ant

,
Adj.
[LL.
alterans
, p. pr.: cf. F.
altérant
.]
Altering; gradually changing.
Bacon.

Al′ter-ant

,
Noun.
An alterative.
[R.]
Chambers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alterant

AL'TERANT

,
Adj.
Altering; gradually changing.

AL'TERANT

,
Noun.
A medicine which, without a sensible operation, gradually corrects the state of the body and changes it from a diseased to a healthy condition. An alterative.

Definition 2024

alterant

alterant

See also: altérant

English

Noun

alterant ‎(plural alterants)

  1. Something that causes alteration, that alters.

Translations

Adjective

alterant ‎(not comparable)

  1. Altering; gradually changing.
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Catalan

Verb

alterant

  1. present participle of alterar

Latin

Verb

alterant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of alterō

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