assimilate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō, from ad + simulō (“imitate, copy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
assimilate (third-person singular simple present assimilates, present participle assimilating, simple past and past participle assimilated)
- To incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
- Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
- Isaac Newton
- Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.
- To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.
- The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
- Merivale
- His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
- To absorb a group of people into a community.
- The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
- To compare a thing to something similar.
- To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
- John Bright
- to assimilate our law to the law of Scotland
- Cowper
- Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir M. Hale to this entry?)
- John Bright
Synonyms[edit]
- (To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind): process
- (absorb a group of people into a community): integrate
Translations[edit]
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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Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
assimilate
- second-person plural present tense of assimilare.
- second-person plural imperative of assimilare.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
assimilāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of assimilō
