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From Latin assonō, from ad (to, towards) + sonō (I sound, resound).

assonate (third-person singular simple present assonates, present participle assonating, simple past and past participle assonated)

  1. 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.

assonate

  1. inflection of assonare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

assonate f pl

  1. feminine plural of assonato