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dissimilate

VT ทำให้ ไม่ เหมือนกัน  ทำให้ ต่างกัน  tam-hai-mai-muan-kan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISSIMILATE

DISSIMILATE Dis *sim "i *late, v. t.

 

Defn: To render dissimilar.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dissimilate

dis sim i late |diˈsiməˌlāt dɪˈsɪməleɪt | verb [ with obj. ] Linguistics change (a sound in a word ) in order to be unlike the sounds near it: in pilgrim,from Latin “peregrinus,” the first “r ” is dissimilated to “l.” [ no obj. ] (of a sound ) undergo such a change: the first “r ” dissimilates to “l.” DERIVATIVES dis sim i la tion |-ˌsiməˈlāSHən |noun, dis sim i la to ry |-ləˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal ) + Latin similis like, similar, on the pattern of assimilate .

 

Oxford Dictionary

dissimilate

dissimilate |dɪˈsɪmɪleɪt | verb [ with obj. ] Linguistics change (a sound or sounds in a word ) to another when the word originally had identical sounds near each other (e.g. in taper, which derives from papyrus, the p is dissimilated to t ). [ no obj. ] (of a sound ) undergo the process of dissimilation: the first ‘r ’ dissimilates to ‘l ’. DERIVATIVES dissimilation noun, dissimilatory |dɪˈsɪmɪlət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal ) + Latin similis like, similar , on the pattern of assimilate .