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(), n.[Cf. F. assonance. See Assonant.] 1. Resemblance of sound. "The disagreeable assonance of sheath' and sheathed.'" Steevens. 2. (Pros.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce°ted vow°l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary. The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. Hallam. 3. Incomplete correspondence. Assonance between facts seemingly remote. Lowell. スポンサード リンク
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