Verb: dissimilate di'si-mu,leyt
- Make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
"Time and distance dissimilated the twin cultures"
- Become dissimilar or less similar
"These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
- (phonetics) become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities
"These consonants dissimilate"
Derived forms: dissimilated, dissimilates, dissimilating
Type of: alter, change, modify
Antonym: assimilate
Encyclopedia: Dissimilate