Word of the Day:
alliterate
What It Means
To exhibit alliteration.
To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
Alliterate in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
Back-formation from alliteration.
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