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dissimilate
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dissimilate
v.
become different, become unlike; make dissimilar sounds; omit two related sounds in a word (Phonetics)
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Dissimilation
In phonology, particularly within historical linguistics, dissimilation is a phenomenon whereby similar consonants or vowels in a word become less similar. For example, when a sound occurs before another in the middle of a word in rhotic dialects of English, the first tends to drop out, as in "beserk" for berserk, "supprise" for surprise, "paticular" for particular, and "govenor" for governor – this does not affect the pronunciation of government, which has only one , but English government tends to be pronounced "goverment", dropping out the first n.
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dissimilate
Verb
1. become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate"
(antonym) assimilate
(hypernym) change
(derivation) dissimilation
(classification) phonetics
2. make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
(antonym) assimilate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
3. become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
(antonym) assimilate
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) differentiate
(derivation) dissimilation
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dissimilare
v.
dissimilate, become unlike, become different; (Phonetics) omit two related sounds in a word
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Dissimilate
(v. t.)
To render dissimilar.
To render dissimilar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
