ALLITERATE

alliterate

(verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

alliterate (third-person singular simple present alliterates, present participle alliterating, simple past and past participle alliterated)

(intransitive) To exhibit alliteration.

(transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.

Synonyms

• (exhibit alliteration): alliterize

Source: Wiktionary


Al*lit"er*ate, v. t.

Definition: To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

Al*lit"er*ate, v. i.

Definition: To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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