alliterateadj.

Brit.

/əˈlɪtərət/, U.S.

/əˈlɪdərət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alliterate v., -ate suffix².

Etymology: < alliter- (in alliterate v.) + -ate suffix², probably after literate adj., illiterate adj. Compare earlier alliteral adj., alliterating adj., alliterative adj.

Of words: alliterating. Also: alliterative.

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alliterative1751

alliterated1776

alliterate1837

1837 Age 31 Dec. 423/2 Melbourne and modesty are not only alliterate, but synonymous terms.

1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 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.’

1901 F. J. Snell Age of Chaucer 25 It is not uncommon..to meet with four alliterate words, two of them neighbours.

1986 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 3 May c1 The writers dutifully waxed alliterate, creating the Brown Bombers of legend.

2010 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 29 Apr. e3 Torrontes and Thai food... It has that rhythmically alliterate construction that is so important for culinary crazes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

alliteratev.

Brit.

/əˈlɪtəreɪt/, U.S.

/əˈlɪdəˌreɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: alliteration n.

Etymology: < alliterat- (in alliteration n.), after verbs in -ate suffix³.

a. transitive. To use (a word) in close proximity to another beginning with the same sound or letter; to compose (a text, sentence, etc.) using alliteration.

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alliterate1739

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alliterate1739

1739 W. Benson Lett. conc. Poet. Transl. 58 How soft is the beginning, occasion'd by the Assonance of the two first Words, Eve, Easily, and of the five next all alliterated with the same Vowel, A.

1838 E. Guest Hist. Eng. Rhythms II. iv. viii. 420 Whenever they alliterate the rhythmus, the alliteration is always subordinate to the rhime, and often rests on unaccented syllables.

1883 G. Vigfusson & F. Y. Powell Corpus Poeticum Boreale I. 433 In every line two stress-syllables at least, one in each half-line, must begin with a similar consonant or a vowel... Stress-syllables so alliterated are said to carry letter-stress.

1967 Times Rev. Industry June 53/1 Industry ran along five main channels, four of which local people liked to alliterate as the four Bs—beer, biscuits, boxes and bulbs.

2010 P. Roth Nemesis i. 10 The girls encamped at the far edge of the playground improvised their way from A to Z and back again, alliterating the nouns at the end of the line, sometimes preposterously, each time around.

b. intransitive. To use words beginning with the same sound or letter; to write or speak using alliteration.

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alliterate1804

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) > practise alliteration

to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575

to lick the letter1605

alliterate1804

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin vi. 225 Dryden, in his noble ode on St. Cecelia's day, has alliterated with the hissing s, in two lines, which he meant should be peculiarly musical.

1826 Q. Rev. 34 13 The letters with which we alliterate.

1849 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 343 ‘I'm neither a Peeler nor’—with the temptation to alliterate, I was going to add, a Papist, but I checked myself in time.

1915 A. Lowell Six French Poets 37 No matter how much he [sc. Émile Verhaeren] alliterates, or whatever other devices he makes use of, he never becomes claptrap.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 June 39 The female voiceover alliterated leeringly about ‘sun, sea, sand and sex’.

2. intransitive. Of a word or syllable: to begin with the same sound or letter as another. Of a phrase, sentence, line of verse, etc.: to contain words which begin with the same sound or letter. Also: (of an initial sound or letter) to occur in close proximity to an identical sound or letter. Frequently with with.

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alliterate1765

1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. iv. i. 320 Final alliteration proves also more striking when the preceding syllable alliterates.

1782 W. Tindal Remarks Dr. Johnson's Life 61 Is an author bound to reject a word, merely because it alliterates with another?

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 27 Moreover, the two L's alliterate well.

1883 G. Vigfusson & F. Y. Powell Corpus Poeticum Boreale I. 549 The line alliterates on h.

1900 Jrnl. Germanic Philol. 3 134 Since any vowel may alliterate with any other, the chance that some vowel will recur is much greater than that any particular consonant will be repeated.

1965 Kenyon Rev. 27 611 The crew..is made up of occupations which alliterate with the Bellman: the Baker, the Butcher, the Broker, [etc.].

2010 W. R. Short Icelanders in Viking Age x. 168 The lines are linked in alliterating pairs: two words in the odd lines alliterate with one word in the even lines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alliterate
释义	alliterateadj. Brit. /əˈlɪtərət/, U.S. /əˈlɪdərət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alliterate v., -ate suffix². Etymology: < alliter- (in alliterate v.) + -ate suffix², probably after literate adj., illiterate adj. Compare earlier alliteral adj., alliterating adj., alliterative adj. Of words: alliterating. Also: alliterative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > alliterative alliterative1751 alliterated1776 alliterate1837 1837 Age 31 Dec. 423/2 Melbourne and modesty are not only alliterate, but synonymous terms. 1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 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.’ 1901 F. J. Snell Age of Chaucer 25 It is not uncommon..to meet with four alliterate words, two of them neighbours. 1986 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 3 May c1 The writers dutifully waxed alliterate, creating the Brown Bombers of legend. 2010 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 29 Apr. e3 Torrontes and Thai food... It has that rhythmically alliterate construction that is so important for culinary crazes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). alliteratev. Brit. /əˈlɪtəreɪt/, U.S. /əˈlɪdəˌreɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: alliteration n. Etymology: < alliterat- (in alliteration n.), after verbs in -ate suffix³. 1. a. transitive. To use (a word) in close proximity to another beginning with the same sound or letter; to compose (a text, sentence, etc.) using alliteration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > alliterate [verb (transitive)] alliterate1739 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > express with figure of structure or thought [verb (transitive)] > alliterate alliterate1739 1739 W. Benson Lett. conc. Poet. Transl. 58 How soft is the beginning, occasion'd by the Assonance of the two first Words, Eve, Easily, and of the five next all alliterated with the same Vowel, A. 1838 E. Guest Hist. Eng. Rhythms II. iv. viii. 420 Whenever they alliterate the rhythmus, the alliteration is always subordinate to the rhime, and often rests on unaccented syllables. 1883 G. Vigfusson & F. Y. Powell Corpus Poeticum Boreale I. 433 In every line two stress-syllables at least, one in each half-line, must begin with a similar consonant or a vowel... Stress-syllables so alliterated are said to carry letter-stress. 1967 Times Rev. Industry June 53/1 Industry ran along five main channels, four of which local people liked to alliterate as the four Bs—beer, biscuits, boxes and bulbs. 2010 P. Roth Nemesis i. 10 The girls encamped at the far edge of the playground improvised their way from A to Z and back again, alliterating the nouns at the end of the line, sometimes preposterously, each time around. b. intransitive. To use words beginning with the same sound or letter; to write or speak using alliteration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > alliterate [verb (intransitive)] > compose alliteratively alliterate1804 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) > practise alliteration to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575 to lick the letter1605 alliterate1804 1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin vi. 225 Dryden, in his noble ode on St. Cecelia's day, has alliterated with the hissing s, in two lines, which he meant should be peculiarly musical. 1826 Q. Rev. 34 13 The letters with which we alliterate. 1849 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 343 ‘I'm neither a Peeler nor’—with the temptation to alliterate, I was going to add, a Papist, but I checked myself in time. 1915 A. Lowell Six French Poets 37 No matter how much he [sc. Émile Verhaeren] alliterates, or whatever other devices he makes use of, he never becomes claptrap. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 June 39 The female voiceover alliterated leeringly about ‘sun, sea, sand and sex’. 2. intransitive. Of a word or syllable: to begin with the same sound or letter as another. Of a phrase, sentence, line of verse, etc.: to contain words which begin with the same sound or letter. Also: (of an initial sound or letter) to occur in close proximity to an identical sound or letter. Frequently with with. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > alliterate [verb (intransitive)] alliterate1765 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) alliterate1765 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. iv. i. 320 Final alliteration proves also more striking when the preceding syllable alliterates. 1782 W. Tindal Remarks Dr. Johnson's Life 61 Is an author bound to reject a word, merely because it alliterates with another? 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 27 Moreover, the two L's alliterate well. 1883 G. Vigfusson & F. Y. Powell Corpus Poeticum Boreale I. 549 The line alliterates on h. 1900 Jrnl. Germanic Philol. 3 134 Since any vowel may alliterate with any other, the chance that some vowel will recur is much greater than that any particular consonant will be repeated. 1965 Kenyon Rev. 27 611 The crew..is made up of occupations which alliterate with the Bellman: the Baker, the Butcher, the Broker, [etc.]. 2010 W. R. Short Icelanders in Viking Age x. 168 The lines are linked in alliterating pairs: two words in the odd lines alliterate with one word in the even lines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1837v.1739
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