assibilate
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as·sib·i·late
(ə-sĭb′ə-lāt′)tr.v. as·sib·i·lat·ed, as·sib·i·lat·ing, as·sib·i·lates
To pronounce with a hissing sound; make sibilant.
as·sib′i·la′tion n.
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assibilate
(əˈsɪbɪˌleɪt)vb
1. (Phonetics & Phonology) (intr) (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) (tr) to pronounce (a speech sound) with or as a sibilant
[C19: from Late Latin assībilāre to hiss at, from sībilāre to hiss; see sibilant]
asˌsibiˈlation n
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assibilate
Past participle: assibilated
Gerund: assibilating
| Imperative |
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| assibilate |
| assibilate |
| Present |
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| I assibilate |
| you assibilate |
| he/she/it assibilates |
| we assibilate |
| you assibilate |
| they assibilate |
| Preterite |
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| I assibilated |
| you assibilated |
| he/she/it assibilated |
| we assibilated |
| you assibilated |
| they assibilated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am assibilating |
| you are assibilating |
| he/she/it is assibilating |
| we are assibilating |
| you are assibilating |
| they are assibilating |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have assibilated |
| you have assibilated |
| he/she/it has assibilated |
| we have assibilated |
| you have assibilated |
| they have assibilated |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was assibilating |
| you were assibilating |
| he/she/it was assibilating |
| we were assibilating |
| you were assibilating |
| they were assibilating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had assibilated |
| you had assibilated |
| he/she/it had assibilated |
| we had assibilated |
| you had assibilated |
| they had assibilated |
| Future |
|---|
| I will assibilate |
| you will assibilate |
| he/she/it will assibilate |
| we will assibilate |
| you will assibilate |
| they will assibilate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have assibilated |
| you will have assibilated |
| he/she/it will have assibilated |
| we will have assibilated |
| you will have assibilated |
| they will have assibilated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be assibilating |
| you will be assibilating |
| he/she/it will be assibilating |
| we will be assibilating |
| you will be assibilating |
| they will be assibilating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been assibilating |
| you have been assibilating |
| he/she/it has been assibilating |
| we have been assibilating |
| you have been assibilating |
| they have been assibilating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been assibilating |
| you will have been assibilating |
| he/she/it will have been assibilating |
| we will have been assibilating |
| you will have been assibilating |
| they will have been assibilating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been assibilating |
| you had been assibilating |
| he/she/it had been assibilating |
| we had been assibilating |
| you had been assibilating |
| they had been assibilating |
| Conditional |
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| I would assibilate |
| you would assibilate |
| he/she/it would assibilate |
| we would assibilate |
| you would assibilate |
| they would assibilate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have assibilated |
| you would have assibilated |
| he/she/it would have assibilated |
| we would have assibilated |
| you would have assibilated |
| they would have assibilated |
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Verb 1. assibilate - insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
sibilate - utter a sibilant
2. assibilate - change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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