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ALLITERATE v. 2 definitions
To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.
ALLITERATION n.
t the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.
ALLITERATIVE a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.
ALLITERATOR n.
One who alliterates.
ALLIUM n.
A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
ALLMOUTH n.
The angler.
ALLNESS n.
Totality; completeness. [R.] The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.
ALLNIGHT n.
Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon.
ALLOCATE v. 2 definitions
To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.
ALLOCATION n. 3 definitions
The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.
ALLOCATUR n.
"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
ALLOCHROIC a.
Changeable in color.
ALLOCHROITE n.
See Garnet.
ALLOCHROOUS a.
Changing color.
ALLOCUTION n. 2 definitions
The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.
ALLOD n.
See Allodium.
ALLODIAL a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.
ALLODIALISM n.
The allodial system.
ALLODIALIST n.
One who holds allodial land.
ALLODIALLY adv.
By allodial tenure.
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