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progressive assimilation: Meaning and Definition of
progres'sive assimila'tion
Pronunciation: [key]
— Phonet. Phonet.
- assimilation in which a preceding sound has an effect on a following one, as in shortening captain to cap'm rather than cap'n. Cf.
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