to hunt (also †affect, †lick) the letter: to practise or study alliteration.
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > use figure of structure or thought [verb (intransitive)] > alliterate (of words) > practise alliteration (3) to hunt (also affect, lick) the letter1575 to hunt (also †affect, †lick) the letter: to practise or study alliteration. to lick the letter1605 transferred and figurative (from 1 2). Of persons and animals. Formerly in many specialized uses. †to lick up (an enemy's forces): to destroy… alliterate1804 intransitive. To use words beginning with the same sound or letter; to write or speak using alliteration. |
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