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▪ I. alliterate, v.|əˈlɪtəreɪt|
[f. L. al-, ad- to + littera letter + -ate3, on the analogy of obliterate, f. L. oblitterāt-um, oblitterā-re, already formed in L.]
1. intr. Of words: To begin with the same letter or group of letters, to constitute alliteration.
1816Southey Lett. (1856) III. 27 Moreover, the two L's alliterate well.
2. Of persons: To compose alliteratively.
1826Q. Rev. XXXIV. 13 The letters with which we alliterate.
▪ II. alliterate, ppl. a.|əˈlɪtərət|
[f. as prec., on analogy of literate, illiterate, and L. litterātus.]
Alliterated; formed or placed so as to alliterate.
1871R. F. Weymouth Euph. 4 The alliterate words often have more than one letter the same: ‘Thou hast tried me, therefore trust me: I never yet failed, and now I will not faint.’ |