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Assibilate

To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sibilate 76% connected

To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assibilation 74% connected

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Assibilation 74% connected

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sibilant 74% connected

Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sibilant 74% connected

Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sibilation 74% connected

Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sibilation 74% connected

Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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