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assibilate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb assibilate has 2 senses
- assibilate(v = verb.communication) Array - insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound); Array is one way to sibilate
- assibilate(v = verb.change) Array - change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese" is one way to change
Derived forms noun assibilation2, noun sibilant1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun assibilation2, noun assibilation1, noun sibilant1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
assibilate, v. t. [L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.].
To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
assibilate, v.tr. Phonet.
1 pronounce (a sound) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant.
2 alter (a syllable) to become this.
1 pronounce (a sound) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant.
2 alter (a syllable) to become this.
Derivative
assibilation n.
Etymology
L assibilare (as AD-, sibilare hiss)
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