assibilate
— Verb
– English
~ change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
assibilate
— Verb
– English
~ insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
assibilation
— Noun
– English
~ pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
assibilation
— Noun
– English
~ the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant
assiduity
— Noun
– English
~ great and constant diligence and attention
assiduous
— Adjective
– English
~ marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"
assiduously
— Adverb
– English
~ with care and persistence; "she worked assiduously on the senior thesis"
assiduousness
— Noun
– English
~ great and constant diligence and attention
assign
— Verb
– English
~ give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
assign
— Verb
– English
~ attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
assign
— Verb
– English
~ select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
assign
— Verb
– English
~ decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
assign
— Verb
– English
~ attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
assign
— Verb
– English
~ make undue claims to having
assign
— Verb
– English
~ give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
assignable
— Adjective
– English
~ legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds"
assignation
— Noun
– English
~ the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
assignation
— Noun
– English
~ a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)