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Assimilate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Assimilate?
[v] become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
[v] make similar [v] become similar in sound; in phonetics [v] take up, as of knowledge or beliefs [v] take into solution, as of gas, light, or heat Synonyms | Synonyms for Assimilate: absorb | imbibe | ingest | take in Related Terms | Find terms related to Assimilate: ablate | absorb | accommodate | accommodate with | accord | acculturate | acculturize | adapt | adapt to | add | adjust | adjust to | admit | adopt | adsorb | affiliate | agree with | amalgamate | Americanize | analogize | Anglicize | appreciate | apprehend | appropriate | approximate | assimilate | assimilate to | attune | balance | be guided by | be with one | become | bend | bleed white | blend | blot | blot up | bring into analogy | bring into comparison | bring near | bring to | burn up | catch | catch on | change | change into | change over | chemisorb | chemosorb | chime in with | coalesce | combine | come together | compare | compare and contrast | compare with | complete | comply | comply with | compose | compound | comprehend | comprise | conceive | confer citizenship | conform | confront | connaturalize | connect | consolidate | consume | contain | contrast | convert | coordinate | corner | correct | correspond | count in | counterpose | cover | cut to | damp | deplete | dig | digest | discipline | do over | drain | drain of resources | draw a comparison | draw a parallel | drink | drink in | drink up | eat | eat up | embody | embrace | encircle | enclose | encompass | engross | envisage | equalize | equilibrize | erode | espouse | even | exhaust | expend | fall in with | fathom | fill | fill in | fill out | filter in | finish | finish off | fit | fix | flatten | flux | follow | fuse | gear to | get | get hold of | get the drift | get the idea | get the picture | go by | go native | gobble | gobble up | grasp | harmonize | have | have it taped | hold | homogenize | homologate | homologize | imbibe | imbue | impoverish | include | incorporate | infiltrate | infuse | ingest | ingrain | inoculate | integrate | interblend | interfuse | join | ken | key to | know | learn | leaven | level | liken | liken to | lump together | make | make conform | make one | make over | make plumb | make uniform | master | match | measure | measure against | meet | meld | melt into one | merge | metabolize | metaphorize | mix | mold | monopolize | naturalize | normalize | number among | observe | occupy | oppose | osmose | paragon | parallel | percolate in | place against | predigest | proportion | put in tune | put together | read | realize | receive | reckon among | reckon in | reckon with | reconcile | reconvert | rectify | reduce to | reembody | regularize | regulate | relate | render | resolve into | reverse | right | roll into one | rub off corners | run a comparison | savvy | seep in | seize | seize the meaning | sense | set | set in contrast | set in opposition | set off against | set over against | set right | settle | shade into | shape | shift | similarize | similize | slurp up | smooth | soak in | soak up | solidify | sorb | spend | sponge | squander | stabilize | standardize | stereotype | straighten | suck dry | suffuse | suit | swallow | swallow up | swill up | switch | switch over | symmetrize | sync | synchronize | syncretize | syndicate | synthesize | tailor | take | take in | take into account | take into consideration | take up | tally with | transform | trim to | true | true up | tune | turn back | turn into | understand | uniformize | unify | unite | use up | view together | waste away | wear away | weigh | weigh against | yield See Also | absorb | acculturate | adapt | adjust | alter | change | conform | imbibe | larn | learn Assimilate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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