assibilate

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: as=sib=i=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

assibilate, v.tr. Phonet.
1 pronounce (a sound) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant.
2 alter (a syllable) to become this.

Derivative

assibilation n.

Etymology

L assibilare (as AD-, sibilare hiss)