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The answer ALLITERATE has 15 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of alliterate in various dictionaries:
verb - use alliteration as a form of poetry
To use alliteration in speech or writing.
To form or arrange with alliteration.
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(of a phrase or line of verse) contain words which begin with the same sound or letter. |
use alliteration as a form of poetry |
To use alliteration in speech or writing. |
To have or contain alliteration. |
To form or arrange with alliteration. |
Alliterate might refer to |
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Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. "Alliteration" is from the Latin word littera, meaning "letter of the alphabet"; it was first coined in a Latin dialogue by the Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano in the 15th century.Alliteration narrowly refers to the repetition of a letter in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed, as in James Thomson's verse "Comedragging the lazy languid Line along". Another example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". * Consonance is a broader literary device identified by the repetition of consonant sounds at any point in a word (e.g. coming home, hot foot). Alliteration is a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound is in the stressed syllable. Alliteration may also refer to the use of different but simil |