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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. i. 1. To become similar or like something else. [R.] 2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body. Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood. --Arbuthnot. 3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England. --J. H. Newman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assimilated}; p. pr & vb n. {Assimilating}.] [L. assimilatus p. p. of assimilare ad + similare to make like similis like See {Similar}, {Assemble}, {Assimilate}.] 1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale. To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John Bright. Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. --Cowper. 2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.] 3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue. Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment. --Sir I. Newton. His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. --Merivale. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assimilate v 1: take up as of knowledge or beliefs [syn: {absorb}, {ingest}, {take in}] 2: become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" [ant: {dissimilate}] 3: make similar [ant: {dissimilate}] 4: take into solution, as of gas, light, or heat [syn: {imbibe}] 5: become similar in sound; in phonetics [ant: {dissimilate}]
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