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Noun: alliteration  u`litu'reyshun
  1. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
    - initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme

Derived forms: alliterations

See also: alliterate

Type of: rhyme, rime

Encyclopedia: Alliteration

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alliteratively
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