alliterate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- [əˈlɪ.ɾə.ɹeɪt] (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt/ (US)
Etymology
Back-formation from alliteration.
Meanings
- (intransitive) To exhibit alliteration.
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(transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
It is a strophe of six lines, of which the first and second and the fourth and fifth belong together, while the third and sixth are independently alliterated.
1888, George Theodore Dippold, Richard Wagner's Poem the Ring of the Nibelung: Explained and in Part Translated:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alliterated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| alliterated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| alliterates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| alliterating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
alliterator · nonalliterated · unalliterated · alliterative
Synonyms
alliterize (exhibit alliteration)
Translations (8)
fr allitérer (to exhibit alliteration) · pt aliterar (to exhibit alliteration) · hu alliterál (to exhibit alliteration) · eo aliteracii (to exhibit alliteration) · ca al·literar (to exhibit alliteration) · nl allitereren (to exhibit alliteration) · sv allitterera (to exhibit alliteration) · gv aalettyree (to exhibit alliteration)