Meanings
verballiterate (third-person singular simple present alliterates, present participle alliterating, simple past and past participle alliterated)
present singular third person alliterates · participle present alliterating · participle past alliterated · past alliterated
- transitiveTo use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
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.
1888, George Theodore Dippold, Richard Wagner's Poem the Ring of the Nibelung: Explained and in Part Translated
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo exhibit alliteration.
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Origin
Back-formation from alliteration.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan al·literar
- al·literarto exhibit alliteration
Dutch allitereren
- allitererento exhibit alliteration
Esperanto aliteracii
- aliteraciito exhibit alliteration
French allitérer
- allitérerto exhibit alliteration
Hungarian alliterál
- alliterálto exhibit alliteration
Portuguese aliterar
- aliterarto exhibit alliteration
Swedish allitterera
- allittererato exhibit alliteration
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APA
alliterate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alliterate
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“alliterate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alliterate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alliterate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alliterate.
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