Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Assonant"
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) 1.7 (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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