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Alliterate

//əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To exhibit alliteration. intransitive
  2. 2
    use alliteration as a form of poetry wordnet
  3. 3
    To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration. transitive

    "It is a strophe of six lines, of which the first and second and the fourth and fifth belong together, while the third and sixth are independently alliterated."

Etymology

Back-formation from alliteration.

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