"assonate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: assonates [present, singular, third-person], assonating [participle, present], assonated [participle, past], assonated [past]
Etymology: From Latin assonō, from ad (“to, towards”) + sonō (“I sound, resound”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|assonō}} Latin assonō Head templates: {{en-verb}} assonate (third-person singular simple present assonates, present participle assonating, simple past and past participle assonated)
  1. To correspond in (particularly vowel) sounds.
    Sense id: en-assonate-en-verb-WU5fGriU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 47 5 3

Inflected forms

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