assibilate

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verb

To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.

OriginLatin assībilātus →
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Meanings

verbassibilate (third-person singular simple present assibilates, present participle assibilating, simple past and past participle assibilated)

present singular third person assibilates · participle present assibilating · participle past assibilated · past assibilated

  1. human sciencesTo change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
  2. human sciencesTo change by assibilation.

Origin

  1. Latinassībilātus“murmured, whispered at, hissed”
  2. Englishassibilate

From Latin assībilātus (“murmured, whispered at, hissed”), past participle of assībilō (“hiss at”, verb), from ad (“at”) + sībilō (“hiss”, verb), from sībilus (“a hissing, whistling”), of imitative origin.

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APA

assibilate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assibilate

MLA

“assibilate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assibilate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assibilate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assibilate.

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