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Definition of Alliterated
1. alliterate [v] - See also: alliterate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliterated
Literary usage of Alliterated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Lessons for English People by Edwin Abbott Abbott, John Robert Seeley (1901)
"It is an exception, and perhaps an accidental one, when loth accented syllables
in the second section are alliterated:—• In a somer seson, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"Originally, alliterated syllables marked the beginning of the section and
constituted the unifying factor of it, but there was no strict observance of such ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"In the normal verse there were two alliterated words in the first half of the
line, each of which received a strong accent; in the second half there ..."
4. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry ...by Stopford Augustus Brooke by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1905)
"It was capable of rapidity and solemnity; and its harmony and order were secured
by the last alliterated stress being on the first syllable of the last word ..."
5. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1892)
"It was capable of rapidity and solemnity; and its harmony and order were secured
by the last alliterated stress being on the first syllable of the last word ..."
6. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1897)
"Here we have only one alliterated syllable in the first line, and two in the second.
... Ten alliterated articulations in one couplet! ..."
7. A Practical Rhetoric: For Instruction in English Composition and Revision in by John Scott Clark (1893)
"And, finally, the alliterated syllables may occur in different lines. Thus, "
There at the/bot of yonder nodding beach That wreathes its ..."
8. A Briefer Practical Rhetoric by John Scott Clark (1891)
"And, finally, the alliterated syllables may occur in different lines. Thus, "
There at the/bot of yonder nodding beach That wreathes its old ..."
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