English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Assimilate
Assimilate
(v. t.)
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
resemblance between.
Assimilate
(v. t.)
To liken; to compa/e.
Assimilate
(v. t.)
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.
Assimilate
(v. i.)
To become similar or like something else.
Assimilate
(v. i.)
To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make
it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
Assimilate
(v. i.)
To be converted into the substance of the
assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food
assimilate more readily than others.