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      assibilate
      verb
      change into a sibilant
      insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
      Roots
      adas- · Latin · to, towardsibilaresibil- · Latin · to hissatus-ate · Latin · to make into
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      The word assibilate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: as-, from Latin ad (“to, toward”); sibil, from Latin sibilare (“to hiss”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make into”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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