assimilate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō, from ad + simulō (“imitate, copy”). Doublet of assemble.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
- Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
- Isaac Newton
- Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
- The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
- (transitive) To compare to something similar. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) 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
- (intransitive) To become similar.
- (intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
Synonyms
- (incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind): process
- (absorb a group of people into a community): integrate
Translations
to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion
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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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to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between
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to become similar
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to be incorporated or absorbed into something
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Noun
assimilate
- Something that is or has been assimilated.
- 2005, Ep Heuvelink, Tomatoes, →ISBN, page 65:
- At low light intensity, high temperature delays the first flower initiation, as assimilate supply is limiting and high temperature reduces the amount of assimilate available in the plant[.]
- 2012, A. Läuchli, R.L. Bieleski, Inorganic Plant Nutrition →ISBN, page 83:
- the growing root and ectomycorrhizas both act as assimilate sinks
Italian
Verb
assimilate
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) assimilāte
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