assonate

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verb

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.”

OriginLatin assonō →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person assonates · participle present assonating · participle past assonated · past assonated

  1. rarecommunicationsTo 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.

Origin

  1. Latinassonō
  2. Englishassonate

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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