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Webster 1913 Edition
Assimilate
As-sim′i-late
,Verb.
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[GREEK]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 tissueHence 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
,Verb.
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 othersI am a foreign material, and cannot
assimilate
with the church of England. J. H. Newman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assimilate
ASSIM'ILATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bring to a likeness; to cause to resemble.2.
To convert into a like substance; as, food is assimilated by conversion into animal substances, flesh, chyle, blood, &c.ASSIM'ILATE
, v.i.1.
To become similar.2.
To be converted into a like substance.