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Definition of: alliterate
(ə·lit′ə뀇rāt) v. ·at·ed, ·at·ing v.i.
1. To speak alliteratively; use alliteration, as in the writing of verse.
2. To constitute alliteration: These two lines of verse alliterate.
—v.t.
3. To make alliterative: to alliterate verses. [ < AL-2 to + L littera a letter (of the alphabet)]
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