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The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

Al*li"sion (&?;), n. [L. allisio, fr. allidere, to strike or dash against; ad + laedere to dash against.] The act of dashing against, or striking upon.

The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.

Al*lit"er*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration.

Al*lit"er*ate (&?;), v. t. To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

Al*lit"er*ate, v. i. To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.

Al*lit`er*a"tion (&?;), n. [L. ad + litera letter. See Letter.] The repetition of the same letter at 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.

The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration. Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it.

In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were. P. Plowman.

Al*lit"er*a*tive (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.

Al*lit"er*a`tor (&?;), n. One who alliterates.

||Al"li*um (&?;), n. [L., garlic.] (bot.) A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

All"mouth` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The angler.

All"ness (&?;), n. Totality; completeness. [R.]

The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.

All"night` (&?;), n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [Obs.] Bacon.

Al"lo*cate (&?;), v. t. [LL. allocatus, p. p. of allocare, fr. L. ad + locare to place. See Allow.] 1. To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.

2. To localize. [R.]

Al`lo*ca"tion (&?;), n. [LL. allocatio: cf. F. allocation.] 1. The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement. Hallam.

2. An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.

The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.

3. The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.

||Al`lo*ca"tur (&?;), n. [LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare to allow.] (Law) "Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Al`lo*chro"ic (&?;), a. Changeable in color.

Al*loch"ro*ite (&?;), n. (Min.) See Garnet.

Al*loch"ro*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; changed in color, fr. &?; other + &?; color.] Changing color.