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Dissimilate

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Verb

1. dissimilate

become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities

Example Sentences:
'These consonants dissimilate'

2. dissimilate

make dissimilar; cause to become less similar

3. dissimilate

become dissimilar or less similar

Example Sentences:
'These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dissimilate

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verb
1. 
to make or become dissimilar
2. (usually foll by to) phonetics
to change or displace (a consonant) or (of a consonant) to be changed to or displaced by (another consonant) so that its manner of articulation becomes less similar to a speech sound in the same word. Thus (r) in the final syllable of French marbre is dissimilated to (l) in its English form marble

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Dissimilate

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verb transitiveWord forms: disˈsimiˌlated or disˈsimiˌlating
1. 
to make dissimilar
2. 
to cause to undergo dissimilation
verb intransitive
3. 
to become dissimilar

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dissimilate

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v. dis·sim·i·lat·ed, dis·sim·i·lat·ing, dis·sim·i·lates
v.tr.
1. To make unlike or dissimilar.
2. Linguistics To cause to undergo dissimilation.
v.intr.
1. To become unlike or dissimilar.
2. Linguistics To undergo dissimilation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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