单词 | assonate |
释义 | assonatev. To correspond in sound, esp. in vowel-sound; to rhyme in assonance. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [verb (intransitive)] > similar sound equivocate1611 assonate1656 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [verb (transitive)] > similar sound assonate1656 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [verb (intransitive)] > assonate assonate1656 symphonize1856 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Assonate, to sound or ring like a bell.] 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Assonate, to sound together, to answer by sound. 1879 H. Nicol in Encycl. Brit. IX. 633 The accented vowels being those which rhyme or assonate. 1880 H. Nicol in Academy 24 July 57/3 Such a metre..is assonating heroic verse. 1952 R. Campbell Lorca 40 We could assonate the word ‘filbert’ with it [sc. ‘winter’]. 1966 J. A. W. Bennett & G. V. Smithers Early M.E. Verse & Prose 291 [rð] and [rd] do not commonly assonate in ME texts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1656 |
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