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Al*ter"na*tive (&unr_;), a. [Cf. F. alternatif.] 1. Offering a choice of two things.
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2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
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3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] Holland.
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Al*ter"na*tive, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa.] 1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
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There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. Burke.
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2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
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Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. Jowett (Thucyd.).
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3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
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If this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis.
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With no alternative but death. Longfellow.
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4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
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My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives. Gladstone.
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