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assonate

as·so·nate

uncommon rare

verb

1.

correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance

  • “The accented vowels assonated in this poem”

Origin

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

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