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ALLITERATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
Example:
alliterative verse
Classified under:
Similar:
rhymed; rhyming; riming (having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds)
Derivation:
alliterate (use alliteration as a form of poetry)