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verb (used without object)
1.
to show alliteration: In “Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran,” the “r” alliterates.
2.
to use alliteration: Swinburne often alliterates.
verb (used with object)
3.
to compose or arrange with alliteration: He alliterates the “w's” in that line.
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Alliterate
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| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
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Related forms
al·lit·er·a·tor, noun
non·al·lit·er·at·ed, adjective
un·al·lit·er·at·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
alliterate
"to use alliteration," by 1816, back-formation from alliteration, on analogy of obliterate. Related: Alliterative (1764).
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