单词 | dissimilate |
释义 | dissimilate v. (often foll. by to) Phonet.   1. tr. change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had the same sound repeated, as in cinnamon, orig. cinnamom.   2. intr. (of a sound) be changed in this way. Derivatives dissimilation n. dissimilatory adj. Etymology: L dissimilis (as DIS-, similis like), after assimilate |
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