Alterative Definition

Alterative Sentence Examples

• In fact, the alterative faculty has now been discovered as well, although about this also has not written a word.

• No surgeon would think of operating on such a case until iodides had been freely administered and, by failing to cure, had proved the disease to be non-syphilitic. Another instance of this deobstruent power - "alterative," it was formerly termed - is seen in the case of chronic lead poisoning.

• Install and use alterative energy sources, such as wind turbines, solar panels, and geothermal heat pumps, to reduce your household's reliance on non-renewable sources of energy.

• He also claims that this contract, which he is still bound to, is preventing him from seeking alterative employment.

• They proved that, though Italy came late into the realm of literature, her action was destined to be decisive and alterative by the introduction of a new spirit, a firmer and more positive grasp on life and art.