alterant

noun, adj — 2 senses

alterant

noun

1

Something that causes alteration, that alters.

alterant

adj

1

Altering; gradually changing.

whether the body be alterant, or altered1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

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