verb
Meaning 1
To make dissimilar or unlike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dissimilate
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/dɪˈsɪmɪleɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To become dissimilar or unlike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
become dissimilar or less similar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: assimilate
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: differentiate
verb
Meaning 4
make dissimilar; cause to become less similar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: assimilate
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 5
become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These consonants dissimilate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: assimilate
Broader terms: change
History
Etymology
First attested in 1841; borrowed from Medieval Latin dissimilātus, perfect passive participle of dissimilō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), hypercorrected form of Classical Latin dissimulō, from dis- + simulō, from similis (“similar, the same as”); the vocalism was perhaps influenced by assimilate, compare dissimulate. Cognate with French dissimiler; doublet of dissemble, dissimulate, and dissimule.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: dissimiler — make dissimilar
- French: distinguer — make dissimilar
- French: différentier — make dissimilar
- Hungarian: elhasonít — make dissimilar
- Hungarian: elhasonul — become dissimilar