ALLITERATE

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-LIT-uh-rayt)

MEANING: verb intr.: To use words beginning with the same sound or letter, especially the same initial consonant sound.
verb tr.: To arrange with the same sound or letter.

ETYMOLOGY: Back-formation from alliteration, from al-, a variant of ad- (toward) + littera (letter). Earliest documented use: 1739.
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BALLITERATE - having the habit of crumpling paper into small spheres before throwing it out

FALL-ITERATE - raking deciduous-tree leaves each autumn, over and over and...

ALL-ITEM RATE - same price for everything