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alliterate
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Word definitions for alliterate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alliterate \Al*lit"er*ate\, v. t. To employ or place so as to make alliteration. --Skeat.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to use alliteration," 1776 (implied in alliterated ), back-formation from alliteration , on analogy of obliterate . Related: Alliterating .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. use alliteration as a form of poetry
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To exhibit alliteration. 2 (context transitive English) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
Usage examples of alliterate.
Under the Constitution he has a right to alliterate just as much as any other American citizen.
My mom thought it sounded wrong with my last name, so she politicked for Amaranthit means the same but doesn't alliterate and it stuck.
Shined and polished and ready for duty: one-dish-devouring Spartans, nine against Thebes, at Leuthen, in Teutoburg Forest, the nine loyal stalwarts, the nine Swabians, nine brown swans, the last levy, the lost platoon, the rear guard, the advance guard, nine alliterated Burgundian noses: this is the sorrow of the Nibelungs in Eddi Etzel's snow-covered garden.
To learn more about Troy, visit the Alliterates homepage at Alliterates.
When Sister Seventh began alliterating she could go on for hours without making any particular sense.