alliterate

verb
[L330777]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • simple present : alliterate
  • simple present, singular, third person : alliterates
  • simple past : alliterated
  • present participle : alliterating
  • past participle : alliterated

Senses

  • stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase