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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to 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
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to absorb a group of people into a community
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to compare something to another similar one
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- Ido: asimilar
- Italian: assimilare
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
assimilate
- Second person plural present tense of assimilare.
- Second person plural imperative of assimilare.
