become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time" make dissimilar; cause to become less similar become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate
become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate"
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other; "the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation"
the process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other "Marble," an English word derived from the French word "marbre" by the process of dissimilation See also: anaptyxis, epenthesis, haplology, metathesis, paragoge