subalternating
/ˌsʌbˈɔːltəneɪtɪŋ/ /ˌsʌbˈɒltəneɪtɪŋ/adjective
1Superior, higher, not subordinate or subalternate; specifically (a) Logic designating the universal proposition in a pair of subaltern propositions.
2 Botany and Zoology = subalternate. Now rare.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Newton (1621–1678), mathematician. Partly (i) from post-classical Latin subalternat-, past participial stem of subalternare subaltern + -ing;.
- pick on
- pick one's feet up
- pickpocket
- pickpocketry
- pickpole
- pickproof
- pickpurse
- Pick's body
- Pick's disease
- pickshaft
- picksome
- pick someone's brains (or brain)
- pick someone's pockets
- pick someone/thing off
- pick someone/thing out
- pick someone/thing to pieces (or apart)
- pick someone up
- pick something clean
- pick something out of a hat
- pick something over (or pick through)
- pick something up
- Pick's syndrome
- pickthank
- Pickt-hatch
- picktooth