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assonate

Assonate

As"so*nate\, v. i. [L. assonare, assonatum, to respond to.] To correspond in sound.
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Assonate is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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assonate

verb
correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance; "The accented vowels assonated in this poem" 
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