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Definition of Dissimilate

1. Verb. Become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities. "These consonants dissimilate"

2. Verb. Make dissimilar; cause to become less similar.

3. Verb. Become dissimilar or less similar. "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"

Definition of Dissimilate

1. v. t. To render dissimilar.

Definition of Dissimilate

1. Verb. (rare transitive) To make dissimilar or unlike. ¹

2. Verb. (rare intransitive) To become dissimilar or unlike. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissimilate

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissimilate

dissidence dissidences dissident dissidently dissidents dissight dissights dissilience dissilition dissimilar

dissimilarities dissimilarity dissimilarly dissimilarness dissimilars dissimilate (current term) dissimilated dissimilates dissimilating dissimilation

dissimilations dissimilatory dissimilitude dissimilitudes dissimulate dissimulated dissimulates dissimulating dissimulatingly dissimulation

Literary usage of Dissimilate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"Exercise produces salutary effects, he says, alike in those who assimilate too little and in those who do not dissimilate enough. ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1907)
""Again," he says, "while n is used to dissimilate as well as r, l, m in Semitic languages, do you find it with r? I have no helps at hand, ..."

3. Old Spanish Readings: Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1911)
"(d) By dissimilation from accented o, an initial o, especially if obscured by an adjacent r, may dissimilate to e: ..."

4. The Spider and the Fly: Together with an Attributed Interlude Entitled by John Heywood (1908)
"... fairest Therein contend they to give gloss of good grace To their viander, who may him most embrace. Where they may win ought by fair dissimilate ..."

5. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... that increased in extent of application, to dissimilate to a mid vowel /e/ any /i/ that appeared in a verb stem before a stressed ending with /{/: /i/ ..."

6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"One solution is for one of the \r\'s to dissimilate, either becoming a different sound, or dropping out altogether. Several words that come to us from ..."

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