Usually means: Use same sounds at start.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word Alliterate:

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  1. alliterate: Merriam-Webster
  2. alliterate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alliterate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alliterate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alliterate: Vocabulary.com
  6. alliterate: Wordnik
  7. alliterate: Wiktionary
  8. alliterate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. alliterate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. alliterate: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Alliterate, alliterate: Dictionary.com
  12. alliterate: Rhymezone
  13. Alliterate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. alliterate: FreeDictionary.org
  15. alliterate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. alliterate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Alliterate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. alliterate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. Alliterate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  20. alliterate: Merriam-Webster

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  1. alliterate: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (alliterate)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To exhibit alliteration.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.

Similar:
alliterize, realphabetize, phonemicize, iterate, recite, allegorise, pronounce, articulate, syllabize, nait, more...

Types:
sibilant, guttural, nasal, lateral, trill, flap, tap, more...

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Similar:
alliterize, realphabetize, phonemicize, iterate, recite, allegorise, pronounce, articulate, syllabize, nait, more...

Types:
sibilant, guttural, nasal, lateral, trill, flap, tap, more...



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