 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 pages
...al-lit'er-al, adj. same as ALLITERATIVE. [See ALLITERATION.] ALLITERATION, al-lit-er-a'shun, n. the recurrence of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words following close to each other, as in " apt alliteration's artful aid." [Fr. — L. ad, to, and litera,... | |
 | Charles Annandale, Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1901 - 532 pages
...Iowa, in 1.S7S elected to US Senate, of which body he has since been nn iible member. Alliteration, the repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; aa many wen many ttiinda; death i/efies the f/octor. . 'Apt alliteration's artful «id.' ClmrrAliill.... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - Criticism - 1903 - 218 pages
...as, — " Lightly and brightly breaks away The morning from her mantle gray." Alliteration is the use of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words or syllables in the same verse or successive verses. It was the determining principle in Anglo-Saxon... | |
 | Frank Keller Walter - 1912 - 466 pages
...erschienen; //. fin qui; non si é pubblicato altro; Sp. todo publicado; Sw. allt utgifvet. alliteration. The repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals. Webster. Dan. Bogstavrim; Du. stafrijm; Fr. allitération; Ger. Stabreim; It. alliterazione; Sp. aliteracion;... | |
 | Edward Jefferson Strong - Commercial correspondence - 1912 - 290 pages
...Do you not know, John, that you are breaking your mother's heart? Allitera.tion An alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words. Example. — The summer sun shines upon the sand along the shore. EupHemiam Euphemism is a softened... | |
 | Charles Morris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1921 - 550 pages
...at Brussels in 1892. Alliteration (a-lit-er-a'shun), the *•*"•• ' """ repetition of the earn» letter at the beginning of two or more •words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals ; as ' many men many minds ' ; ' death defies the doctor.' ' .4pt alliteration's artful aid ' Churchhill.... | |
 | English language - 1922 - 684 pages
...ingredients of different values. Alliteration, al-litty-rnyslmn (Latin, díí, to ; Hiera, a letter). The repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals, as in the two following lines, applied to Cardinal Wolsey : — "Befrot by butchers, hut by bishops... | |
 | Vithalrai G. Vyas, Shankerbhai G. Patel - English language - 1926 - 796 pages
...(áíR-ааК ), n- Collision: =^44^1. [ L. ad + londo, I dash against.] Allitera'tion, (5>l(fra¿?<K), ». The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words in close i»ucA ), r. To distribute; Al'locate, to as?ign: . "îtb'< 4Rci w^l' SÍl 4io[L.ftt/ + /í>ciw,T... | |
 | N. R. Ranina, Rustam N. Ranina - Foreign Language Study - 2003 - 656 pages
...lacerta, л lizard.] A crocodile: -ЧЧ<; JJ*4liAlliteration, («*Й»гНк) n.[L.ad $ litera, a letter.] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words in close succession:^/ ' Allocate, ( aniSilH ) vt. [L. ad $• locus, a place. ] To distribute; to... | |
 | Lynne Ecenbarger - Family & Relationships - 2007 - 169 pages
...and the Anthem Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound, usually of a consonant, at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other or at short intervals. Open Book Alliteration Ask students to close their eyes and point to any page in an open book. They... | |
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Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the begin-ning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals... 
