assibilate

Meaning

Verb

To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
To change by assibilation.

Origin

From Latin assībilātus ("murmured, whispered at, hissed"), past participle of assībilō, from ad + sībilō, from sībilus, of imitative origin.

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