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1. (n.) consonance
accord or agreement.
2. consonance
correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.
3. consonance
a simultaneous combination of musical tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose.
4. consonance
a repetition of consonants, esp. those after a stressed vowel, as in march, lurch, but often of all the consonants, as in stick, stuck.
5. consonance
the use of such repetition of consonants as a rhyming device.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) consonance, consonant rhyme
the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
2. (noun) consonance, harmoniousness
the property of sounding harmonious
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) consonance
alt. of Consonancy
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