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assibilate

[ uh-sib-uh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

assibilated, assibilating.
  1. to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.


verb (used without object)

assibilated, assibilating.
  1. to change by assibilation.
  2. to become a sibilant or a sound containing a sibilant.

assibilate

/ əˈɪɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. intr (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
  2. tr to pronounce (a speech sound) with or as a sibilant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·i·tDz noun
  • ܲa·i·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of assibilate1

1835–45; < Latin īٳܲ murmured, whispered at, hissed (past participle of ī ). See as-, sibilate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of assibilate1

C19: from Late Latin ī to hiss at, from ī to hiss; see sibilant

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