assonate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin assonō, from ad (“to, towards”) + sonō (“I sound, resound”).
Verb edit
assonate (third-person singular simple present assonates, present participle assonating, simple past and past participle assonated)
- To correspond in (particularly vowel) sounds.
- Part of the magic of her poetry was her ability to have her words assonate in the most propitious places.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
assonate
- inflection of assonare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
assonate f pl