alliterate
verb
- stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈlɪ.tə.ɹeɪt/ / [əˈlɪ.ɾə.ɹeɪt]
verb
Etymology: Back-formation from alliteration.
- To exhibit alliteration.
- To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
“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.”