Wordnet 3.0
VERB (3)
1.
become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities;
- Example: "These consonants dissimilate"2.
make dissimilar;
cause to become less similar;
3.
become dissimilar or less similar;
- Example: "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dissimilate \Dis*sim"i*late\, v. t.
To render dissimilar.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dissimilate
v 1: become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These
consonants dissimilate" [ant: assimilate]
2: make dissimilar; cause to become less similar [ant:
assimilate]
3: become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes
of people gradually dissimilated over time" [ant:
assimilate]