alliterate

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: al=lit=er=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

alliterate, v. t. 

 To employ or place so as to make alliteration.  Skeat.  [1913 Webster]

alliterate, v. i. 

 To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

alliterate, v.
1 intr. a contain alliteration. b use alliteration in speech or writing.
2 tr. a construct (a phrase etc.) with alliteration. b speak or pronounce with alliteration.

Derivative

alliterative adj.

Etymology

back-form. f. ALLITERATION