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to assonate

to assonate

9.9
To share the same vowel sound in words or syllables
  • verb
  • /ˈæsəˌneɪt/
  • Literature
: asonar
  • The poet chose words that assonated to enhance the musicality of the verse.

Examples

  • Many English ballads assonate rather than use full rhyme.

  • In the last stanza, the lines cleverly assonate with each other.

  • The poet loves to assonate in her verses.

  • Can you assonate with those words?

  • The poet often chooses to assonate certain vowels in her poems for a lyrical effect.

  • In his latest work, he aimed to assonate the lines to create a soothing sound.

  • When writing lyrics, many songwriters assonate to evoke emotions through sound.

Synonyms

to rhyme
vsto assonate
100 1.3

To have the same end sound as another word

concentrates on vowel correspondence and partial matches rather than full ending matches
to rhyme with
vsto assonate
59 3.2

Share the same or similar last sound as another word

focuses on matching vowel sounds only rather than full ending sounds

Antonyms

to dissonate
  • Specialized
9.9

To make sounds that do not fit together and seem unpleasant

How Assonant

to rhyme
100 1.3
to assonate
  • Literature
9.9
to differ
156 2.6

Surface Forms

assonate infinitive
assonated past
assonated past participle
assonating present participle
assonates third person singular

Morphology

assonate = assonance (transparent) = asson + ate

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ate' to the base concept 'assonance', so 'to make/produce assonance' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Assonate comes from the old Latin verb assonare, made of ad- 'to' and sonare 'to sound'. So to assonate is to make words 'sound' alike in their vowel sounds, which is why poets use it to create a gentle rhyme or musical feeling.