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Assibilate

Assibilate Meaning & Definition
Assibilate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assibilate?

[v] change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
[v] insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)

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See Also | change | sibilate

Assibilate In Webster's Dictionary

\As*sib"i*late\, 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.

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