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Webster 1913 Edition
Alliterate
Al-lit′er-ate
,Verb.
T.
To employ or place so as to make alliteration.
Skeat.
Al-lit′er-ate
,Verb.
I.
To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.
Definition 2024
alliterate
alliterate
English
See also: aliterate
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Skeat to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (exhibit alliteration): alliterize
Translations
to exhibit alliteration
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