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regressive assimilation: Meaning and Definition of
regres'sive assimila'tion
Pronunciation: [key]
— Phonet. Phonet.
- assimilation in which a following sound has an effect on a preceding one, as in pronouncing have in have to as (haf&hasp;), influenced by the voiceless (t) in to. Also calledCf.
