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DISSIMILATE

\dɪsˈɪmɪlˌe͡ɪt], \dɪsˈɪmɪlˌe‍ɪt], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of DISSIMILATE

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become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

To render dissimilar.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To render dissimilar.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

(philol.) Make unlike (sounds repeating each other, as in cinnamon, orig. cinnamom.) Hence dissimilation n. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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