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Verb: dissimilate  di'simu`leyt
  1. Become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities
    "These consonants dissimilate"
     
  2. Make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
     
  3. Become dissimilar or less similar
    "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"

Derived forms: dissimilated, dissimilates, dissimilating

See also: dissimilation

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: assimilate

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