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Webster 1913 Edition
Assibilate
As-sib′i-late
,Verb.
T.
[L.
assibilatus
, p. p. of assibilare
to hiss out; ad
+ sibilare
to hiss.] To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.
J. Peile.
Definition 2024
assibilate
assibilate
English
Verb
assibilate (third-person singular simple present assibilates, present participle assibilating, simple past and past participle assibilated)
- (linguistics, phonetics) To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
- (linguistics, phonetics) To change by assibilation.
Italian
Verb
assibilate
- second-person plural present indicative of assibilare
- second-person plural imperative of assibilare
- feminine plural of assibilato