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al⋅lit⋅er⋅ate

  [uh-lit-uh-reyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use alliterate in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1810–20; back formation from alliteration

Related forms:
al⋅lit⋅er⋅a⋅tor, noun
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al·lit·er·ate   (ə-lĭt'ə-rāt')   
v.   al·lit·er·at·ed, al·lit·er·at·ing, al·lit·er·ates

v.   intr.

  1. To use alliteration in speech or writing.

  2. To have or contain alliteration.

v.   tr.
To form or arrange with alliteration.

[Back-formation from alliteration.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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