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ALLITERATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they alliterate ... he / she / it alliterates
Past simple: alliterated
Past participle: alliterated
-ing form: alliterating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use alliteration as a form of poetry
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "alliterate" is one way to...):
Domain category:
poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
alliteration (use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse)
alliterative (having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable)
alliterator (a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration)
