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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
assimilating \assimilating\ adjective tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated).
Syn: assimilative, assimilatory. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
assimilating
adjective: tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative pattern"; "an assimilative process" [syn: {assimilative}, {assimilatory}]
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