| assibilate | (v) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) |
| assibilate | (v) change into a sibilant, Example: In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese |
| Assibilate | v. t. [ L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss. ] To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ] |