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One who alienates.

A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.

in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. Pope.

In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.

The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.

A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow.

ession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things.

The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two.

An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents.

A compound formed from the hydrate of aluminium by the substitution of a metal for the hydrogen.

Combined with alumina.

mpanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Anathematization. [Obs.] We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor.

The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow.

To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton.

One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond.