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assonates

assonates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of assonate.

Meaning of assonate

Verb

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

  1. (rare) 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.

Questions about assonates

What is assonates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Assonates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of assonate.

Words near assonates in the dictionary

  1. assonantic
  2. assonantly
  3. assonants
  4. assonate
  5. assonated
  6. assonates
  7. assonating
  8. Assonet
  9. assoon
  10. assort
  11. assortation

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