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Webster 1913 Edition

Assonant

As′so-nant

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Assonant

AS'SONANT

,
Adj.
Having a resemblance of sounds. In Spanish poetry, assonant rhymes are those in which a resemblance of sounds serves instead of a natural rhyme; as, ligera, tierra.

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