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sibilate

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sib⋅i⋅late

  [sib-uh-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
Use sibilate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to hiss.
–verb (used with object)
2. to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
Origin:
1650–60; < L sībilātus (ptp. of sībilāre to hiss); see sibilant, -ate 1

Related forms:
sib⋅i⋅la⋅tion, noun
sib⋅i⋅la⋅tor, noun
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sib·i·late   (sĭb'ə-lāt')   
intr. & tr.v.   sib·i·lat·ed, sib·i·lat·ing, sib·i·lates
To utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.

[Latin sībilāre, sībilāt-, to hiss.]
sib'i·la'tion n.
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