as·sib·i·late (ə-sĭb′ə-lāt′) tr.v. as·sib·i·lat·ed ,
as·sib·i·lat·ing ,
as·sib·i·lates To pronounce with a hissing sound; make sibilant.
as·sib′i·la′tion n.
assibilate (əˈsɪbɪˌleɪt ) vb 1. (Phonetics & Phonology) (intr ) (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) (tr ) to pronounce (a speech sound) with or as a sibilant
[C19: from Late Latin assībilāre to hiss at, from sībilāre to hiss; see sibilant]
asˌsibiˈlation n
assibilate Past participle: assibilatedGerund: assibilatingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative assibilate assibilate
Present I assibilate you assibilate he/she/it assibilates we assibilate you assibilate they assibilate
Preterite I assibilated you assibilated he/she/it assibilated we assibilated you assibilated they assibilated
Present Continuous I am assibilating you are assibilating he/she/it is assibilating we are assibilating you are assibilating they are assibilating
Present Perfect I have assibilated you have assibilated he/she/it has assibilated we have assibilated you have assibilated they have assibilated
Past Continuous I was assibilating you were assibilating he/she/it was assibilating we were assibilating you were assibilating they were assibilating
Past Perfect I had assibilated you had assibilated he/she/it had assibilated we had assibilated you had assibilated they had assibilated
Future I will assibilate you will assibilate he/she/it will assibilate we will assibilate you will assibilate they will assibilate
Future Perfect I will have assibilated you will have assibilated he/she/it will have assibilated we will have assibilated you will have assibilated they will have assibilated
Future Continuous I will be assibilating you will be assibilating he/she/it will be assibilating we will be assibilating you will be assibilating they will be assibilating
Present Perfect Continuous I have been assibilating you have been assibilating he/she/it has been assibilating we have been assibilating you have been assibilating they have been assibilating
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been assibilating you will have been assibilating he/she/it will have been assibilating we will have been assibilating you will have been assibilating they will have been assibilating
Past Perfect Continuous I had been assibilating you had been assibilating he/she/it had been assibilating we had been assibilating you had been assibilating they had been assibilating
Conditional I would assibilate you would assibilate he/she/it would assibilate we would assibilate you would assibilate they would assibilate
Past Conditional I would have assibilated you would have assibilated he/she/it would have assibilated we would have assibilated you would have assibilated they would have assibilated
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. assibilate - insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)2. assibilate - change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"