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Acting by turns
Answer for the clue "Acting by turns ", 6 letters:
altern
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a. Acting by turns; alternate.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Altern \Al"tern\, a. [L. alternus, fr. alter another: cf. F. alterne.] Acting by turns; alternate. --Milton. Altern base (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base.
Usage examples of altern.
Corineus paced up and down the deck of the ship, looking alternatively between the cabin and Brutus, his expression worried.
I spent the first part of the morning sitting inside that round, stumpy stone house, alternatively weeping and cursing myself silently as I rocked a sleeping Achates (Aethylla having generously allowed me to hold him) to and fro in my arms.