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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alliterative \Al*lit"er*a*tive\ (?; 277), a.
     Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as,
     alliterative poetry. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly}, adv. --
     {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alliterative
       adj : having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed
             syllable; "alliterative verse"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "alliterative":
     alliteral, alliterating, assonant, assonantal, belabored, chanting,
     chiming, cliche-ridden, dingdong, harping, humdrum, jingle-jangle,
     jingling, jog-trot, labored, monotone, monotonous, punning, rhymed,
     rhyming, singsong, tedious
  
  

















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