"alliterate" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "alliterative"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "alliterator"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nonalliterated"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unalliterated"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "alliteration"
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      "expansion": "Back-formation from alliteration",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from alliteration.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alliterates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alliterating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alliterated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alliterated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "alliterate (third-person singular simple present alliterates, present participle alliterating, simple past and past participle alliterated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
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        {
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exhibit alliteration."
      ],
      "id": "en-alliterate-en-verb--zOUwkcl",
      "links": [
        [
          "alliteration",
          "alliteration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To exhibit alliteration."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "sense": "exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "alliterize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "al·literar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "allitereren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "aliteracii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "alliterál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "aalettyree"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "aliterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
          "word": "allitterera"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1888, George Theodore Dippold, Richard Wagner's Poem the Ring of the Nibelung: Explained and in Part Translated:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration."
      ],
      "id": "en-alliterate-en-verb-fUypxdOw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt/",
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        "US"
      ]
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  "word": "alliterate"
}

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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alliterative"
    },
    {
      "word": "alliterator"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonalliterated"
    },
    {
      "word": "unalliterated"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Back-formation from alliteration",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from alliteration.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alliterates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alliterating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alliterated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alliterated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exhibit alliteration."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alliteration",
          "alliteration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To exhibit alliteration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1888, George Theodore Dippold, Richard Wagner's Poem the Ring of the Nibelung: Explained and in Part Translated:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt/",
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        "US"
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "alliterize"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "al·literar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "allitereren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "aliteracii"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "alliterál"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "aalettyree"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "aliterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to exhibit alliteration",
      "word": "allitterera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alliterate"
}