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Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.
  2. adj. having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
  3. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.
  4. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as,alliterative poetry.-- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv.-- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s. having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable