[f. as prec., on analogy of literate, illiterate, and L. litterātus.] Alliterated; formed or placed so as to alliterate.
1871. R. F. Weymouth, Euph., 4. The alliterate words often have more than one letter the same: ‘Thou hast tried me, therefore trust me: I never yet failed, and now I will not faint.’
