assibilate

assibilate
/euh sib"euh layt'/, v., assibilated, assibilating. Phonet.
v.t.
1. to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
v.i.
2. to change by assibilation.
3. to become a sibilant or a sound containing a sibilant.
[1835-45; < L assibilatus murmured, whispered at, hissed (ptp. of assibilare). See AS-, SIBILATE]

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