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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assonant \As"so*nant\, a. [L. assonans p. pr of assonare to sound to to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf F. assonant. See {Sound}.] 1. Having a resemblance of sounds. 2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assonant adj 1: having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" 2: having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
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