assibilate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
  2. verb change into a sibilant
    • In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese

WordNet

As*sib"i*late transitive verb
Etymology
L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.
Definitions
  1. To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.

Webster 1913