dissim1lar

[Fr. di imilaire.] Not similar or alike; unlike in any way; heterogeneous, discordant, opposed. [SIMILAR.] "Our imaginations paint souls and angels in as di imi lar a resemblance."-Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a , ch. vii. dis-sim-1-lăr-I-ty, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. simi larity (q. v.).] The quality of being di imilar or unlike; unlikene , di imilitude. "We might account even for a greater di imilarity ."Sir W. Jones: On the Chinese, dis. 7. dis-sim-1-lar-ly, adv . [Eng. di imilar ; -ly .] In a di imilar manner. "With verdant shrubs di imilarly gay." Smart: The Hop - Garden , bk. 1. dis-sim-1-lā-tion, s. [Lat. di imilatio , from di i mil is =unlike.] (For definition see extract.) "The converse of the proce es just considered is di im . ilation , by which two identical sounds are made unlike, or two similar sounds are made to diverge."- H . Sweet , in Trans. Philol . Soc . (1873-74), p. 473.