assimilate
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō, from ad + simulō (“imitate, copy”).
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assimilate (third-person singular simple present assimilates, present participle assimilating, simple past and past participle assimilated)
- To incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
- To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.
- The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
- To absorb a group of people into a community.
- To compare something to another similar one.
[edit] Translations
to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
to incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind
to absorb a group of people into a community
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to compare something to another similar one
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- Esperanto: asimili
- Ido: asimilar
- Italian: assimilare
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
assimilate
- second-person plural present tense of assimilare.
- second-person plural imperative of assimilare.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
assimilāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of assimilō
