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alliterate

[ uh-lit-uh-reyt ]

verb (used without object)

alliterated, alliterating.
  1. to show alliteration:

    In 鈥淩ound and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran,鈥 the 鈥渞鈥 alliterates.

  2. to use alliteration:

    Swinburne often alliterates.



verb (used with object)

alliterated, alliterating.
  1. to compose or arrange with alliteration:

    He alliterates the 鈥渨's鈥 in that line.

alliterate

/ 蓹藞濒瑟迟蓹藢谤别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to contain or cause to contain alliteration
  2. intr to speak or write using alliteration
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补濒路濒颈迟顎侥谤路补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍顎卆濒路濒颈迟顎侥谤路补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卆濒路濒颈迟顎侥谤路补迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of alliterate1

First recorded in 1810鈥20; back formation from alliteration
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Example Sentences

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鈥淓verybody loves alliteration. If it rhymes or alliterates, you can sell that idea.鈥

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鈥淎nd he really did alliterate like that when you talked to him.鈥

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Much of the alliterated statement still applies, only the cultural climate has shifted slightly, and more emphasis has been paid to the clever, candid and creative methods of entertainment.

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While Len thought he 鈥渕oved like Spider-man,鈥 which is apparently a bad thing, Bruno was effusive in his praise, alliterating an entire string of adjectives to great effect.

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It helps that the words "latte" and "liberalism" alliterate.

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