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alliterate
▪ I. alliterate, v. (əˈlɪtəreɪt) [f. L. al-, ad- to + littera letter + -ate3, on the analogy of obliterate, f. L. oblitterāt-um, oblitterā-re, already formed in L.] 1. intr. Of words: To begin with the same letter or group of letters, to constitute alliteration.1816 Southey Lett. (1856) III. 27 More... Oxford English Dictionary
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Alliterative verse
This inscription contains four strongly stressed syllables, the first three of which alliterate on /x/ and the last of which does not alliterate, essentially Two stressed syllables alliterate when they begin with the same sound. wikipedia.org
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alliterated
alliterated, ppl. a. (əˈlɪtəreɪtɪd) [f. alliterate v. + -ed.] Composed with or characterized by alliteration.1776 Johnson Lett. (1788) I. 331 Smollett's heroes, who in every alliterated novel, Roderick Random or Peregrine Pickle, are always employed by their author to kill a dog. 1859 Sat. Rev. 20 A... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ferskeytt
In the first line, two heavily stressed syllables alliterate with the first heavily stressed syllable of the second line, and so on in the usual alliterative wikipedia.org
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alliterator
alliterator (əˈlɪtəˌreɪtə(r)) [f. alliterate v. + -or, on analogy of L. agent-nouns f. ppl. stems. Cf. L. litterātōr a teacher of letters.] One who makes use of alliteration.1755 Colman & Thornton in Connoiss. No. 83 The alliterator must be as busily employed to introduce his favourite vowel or cons... Oxford English Dictionary
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alliteral
alliteral, a. rare. (əˈlɪtərəl) [f. alliterate) after literal: see -al1.] Characterized by alliteration; an attribute applied by Appleyard (1850) to the so-called ‘Kaffir’ group of languages.1850 Appleyard Kafir Lang. 26 The alliteral class forms the second and principal division of South African la... Oxford English Dictionary
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Addalaichenai
History of Addalaichenai Divisional Secretariat Prior to October 10, 1973, the Addalaichenai Division was alliterate with the Akkaraipattu Division. wikipedia.org
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alliterative
alliterative, a. (əˈlɪtərətɪv) [f. alliterate v. + -ive, as if ad. L. *allitterātīv-us.] Pertaining to or characterized by alliteration.1764 Goldsm. Trav. Introd. (Jod.) Criticisms in favour of alliterative care and happy negligence. 1774 T. Warton Eng. Poetry (1840) II. x. 108 Alliterative measure,... Oxford English Dictionary
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Patrick Donnelly (poet)
18th Century to the Present (University of Notre Dame Press, 2007), and From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate wikipedia.org
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alliteration
alliteration (əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən) [n. of action f. alliterate v.: see -ation.] 1. gen. The commencing of two or more words in close connexion, with the same letter, or rather the same sound.1656 Blount Glossogr., Alliteration, a figure in Rhetorick, repeating and playing on the same letter. 1749 Power Pr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Fastitocalon (poem)
a corruption of the Greek Aspido-chelōne, "round-shielded turtle", with the addition of the letter F, according to Tolkien, "simply to make the name alliterate wikipedia.org
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Medefaidrin
The definite article is dei, and several prepositions alliterate or rhyme with their English equivalents: "to", "from", "by", "in". wikipedia.org
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al-
▪ I. al- prefix1 The assimilated form of L. ad- to, before l. In OFr. reduced to a-, as in alier, for which however al- was often restored as an ‘etymological’ spelling in 14–15th c. in Fr. and Eng. In modern words adopted or formed from Latin the al- is always retained, as allegation, alliterate. S... Oxford English Dictionary
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Irish syllabic poetry
Some of the stressed syllables in every line alliterate, though there is considerable variety in the distribution of alliteration. Two words in each line must alliterate with each other. The final word of line 4 must alliterate with the preceding stressed word. wikipedia.org
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Old English metre
This means that there is a word or syllable in the second half-line, which will alliterate with one or more important words or syllables in the first half-line Consonants will always alliterate with consonants, but a vowel is allowed to alliterate with any other vowel. wikipedia.org
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