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)

1. (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.

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• asatones

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

assonate

1. inflection of assonare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

assonate f pl

1. feminine plural of assonato

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• aontasse, assetano