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ASSONATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
Example:
The accented vowels assonated in this poem
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "assonate" is one way to...):
rhyme; rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
assonance (the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words)
assonant (having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables)
assonant (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables)
