assonate
English
Etymology
From Latin assonō, from ad (“to, towards”) + sonō (“I sound, resound”).
Verb
assonate (third-person singular simple present assonates, present participle assonating, simple past and past participle assonated)
- (rare, poetry) To correspond or exhibit agreement 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
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
assonate
- inflection of assonare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
assonate f pl
- feminine plural of assonato