#148. [Double or mutual
change.] Interchange. — N. interchange,
exchange; commutation, permutation, intermutation;
reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement; shuffling;
alternation, reciprocity; castling [at chess]; hocus-pocus.
interchangeableness[obs3],
interchangeability.
recombination; combination
48[ref], 84..
barter &c. 794; tit
for tat &c. (retaliation) 718; cross fire,
battledore and shuttlecock; quid pro quo.
V. interchange, exchange,
counterchange[obs3]; bandy, transpose,
shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate,
commute; give and take, return the compliment; play
at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock;
retaliate &c. 718; requite.
rearrange, recombine.
Adj. interchanged &c.
v.; reciprocal, mutual, commutative,
interchangeable, intercurrent[obs3].
combinatorial[Math,
Statistics].
recombinant[Biology,
Genetics].
Adv. in exchange, vice
versa, mutatis mutandis[Lat], backwards and
forwards, by turns, turn and turn about; each in his
turn, everyone in his turn.
Adj. substituted &c.
v.; vicarious, subdititious[obs3].
Adv. instead; in place
of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room
of; faute de mieux[Fr].
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#149. Changeableness.
— N. changeableness &c. adj.; mutability,
inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable
equilibrium; vacillation &c. (irresolution) 605; fluctuation,
vicissitude; alternation &c. (oscillation) 314. restlessness
&c. adj. fidgets, disquiet; disquietude, inquietude;
unrest; agitation &c. 315.
moon, Proteus, chameleon,
quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock,
harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers[obs3];
wheel of Fortune; transientness &c. 111[obs3].
V. fluctuate, vary,
waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter,
shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate,
wamble[obs3], turn and turn about, ring the changes;
sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change
about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605;
oscillate &c. 314; vibrate between, two extremes,
oscillate between, two extremes; alternate; have as
man phases as the moon.
Adj. changeable, changeful;
changing &c. 140; mutable, variable,
checkered, ever changing; protean, proteiform|; versatile.
unstaid[obs3], inconstant;
unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled;
fluctuating &c. v.; restless; agitated &c. 315; erratic,
fickle; irresolute &c. 605; capricious &c. 608; touch
and go; inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic; vibratory;
vagrant, wayward; desultory; afloat; alternating; alterable,
plastic, mobile; transient &c. 111; wavering.
Adv. seesaw &c. (oscillation)
314; off and on.
Phr. “a rolling stone gathers no moss”;
pictra mossa non fa muschis[It]; honores mutant mores[Lat];
varium et mutabile semper femina [Lat][Vergil].


