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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) alliterate
to show alliteration.

2. alliterate
to use alliteration.

3. (v.t.) alliterate
to compose or arrange with alliteration.

Etymology: (1810–20)

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1. (verb) alliterate
use alliteration as a form of poetry

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Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) alliterate
to employ or place so as to make alliteration

2. (verb) alliterate
to compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration

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