dissimilate

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verb

1. become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities
- These consonants dissimilate
• Ant:
assimilate
• Derivationally related forms:
dissimilation
• Topics:
phonetics
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. make dissimilar;
cause to become less similar
• Ant:
assimilate
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. become dissimilar or less similar
- These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time
• Ant:
assimilate
• Derivationally related forms:
dissimilation
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
differentiate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s