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assibilate

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as⋅sib⋅i⋅late

  [uh-sib-uh-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing. Phonetics
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–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.
Origin:
1835–45; < L assībilātus murmured, whispered at, hissed (ptp. of assībilāre). See as-, sibilate

Related forms:
as⋅sib⋅i⋅la⋅tion, noun
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as·sib·i·late   (ə-sĭb'ə-lāt')   
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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