Definition of Assibilate

1. Verb. Insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound).

Generic synonyms: Sibilate
Derivative terms: Assibilation, Sibilant

2. Verb. Change into a sibilant. "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Assibilation, Assibilation, Sibilant

Definition of Assibilate

1. v. t. To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Assibilate

assets
assever
asseverate
asseverated
asseverates
asseverating
asseveration
asseverations
asseverative
asseverator
assevered
assevers
Assezat's triangle
asshole
assholes
assibilate (current term)
assibilation
assident
assident sign
assident symptom
assiduities
assiduity
assiduous
assiduously
assiduousness
assiduousnesses
assiege
assieged
assieges
assieging

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