assibilate

 [uh-sib-uh-leyt]  

as·sib·i·late

   [uh-sib-uh-leyt] verb, as·sib·i·lat·ed, as·sib·i·lat·ing. Phonetics
verb (used with object)
1.
to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
verb (used without object)
2.
to change by assibilation.
3.
to become a sibilant or a sound containing a sibilant.

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Assibilate is always a great word to know.
So is syllabic. Does it mean:
a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant; (w) in wet or (y) in yet
dominating the other sounds in a syllable
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Origin:
1835–45; < Latin assībilātus murmured, whispered at, hissed (past participle of assībilāre). See as-, sibilate

Related forms
as·sib·i·la·tion, noun
un·as·sib·i·lat·ed, adjective
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assibilate (əˈsɪbɪˌleɪt)
 
—vb
1.  (intr) (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
2.  (tr) to pronounce (a speech sound) with or as a sibilant
 
[C19: from Late Latin assībilāre to hiss at, from sībilāre to hiss; see sibilant]
 
assibi'lation
 
—n

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