assonate

Other forms: assonated; assonates; assonating

Definitions of assonate
  1. verb
    correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
    “The accented vowels assonated in this poem”
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    type of:
    rhyme, rime
    be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
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