a. and sb. [a. F. assonant, or Sp. asonante, ad. L. assonānt-em, pr. pple. of assonāre: see prec.]
A. adj. Corresponding in vowel-sound; characterized by assonance.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., Assonant Rhymes … a kind of verses common among the Spaniards.
1861. [see ASSONANCE 2].
1864. Skeat, trans. Uhland’s Poems, Pref. Such words as famous, sailor, neighbour, etc., may be used as assonant.
B. sb. [sc. word.]
1862. Guardian, 5 Feb., 136/2. Enchantments, morasses, vastness, and unstable are English assonants, as all containing an accented a, followed by an unaccented e.
