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English Dictionary: assonant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assonant adj having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
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.