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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
as·sib·i·late 
[uh-sib-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing. Phonetics
[uh-sib-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing. Phonetics –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds. |
| 2. | to change by assibilation. |
| 3. | to become a sibilant or a sound containing a sibilant. |
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| as·sib·i·late
(ə-sĭb'ə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. as·sib·i·lat·ed, as·sib·i·lat·ing, as·sib·i·lates To pronounce with a hissing sound; make sibilant. [ad- + sibilate.] as·sib'i·la'tion n. |
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| assibilation | |
noun | |
| 1. | the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant |
| 2. | pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound [syn: sibilation] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Assibilation
As*sib`i*la"tion\, n. Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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