English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Assimilation
(n.)
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a
resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so
assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Assimilation
(n.)
The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid
substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption,
whether in plants or animals.
Assimilative
(a.)
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that
assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or
substance.
Assimilatory
(a.)
Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as,
assimilatory organs.
Assimulate
(v. t.)
To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble.
Assimulate
(v. t.)
To assimilate.
Assimulation
(n.)
Assimilation.
Assinego
(n.)
See Asinego.
Assinego
(n.)
A stupid fellow.
Assish
(a.)
Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.
Assist
(v. i.)
To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public
meeting.
Assist
(v. i.)
To lend aid; to help.
Assist
(v. t.)
To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in
time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.
Assistance
(n.)
The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor;
support.
Assistance
(n.)
Persons present.
Assistance
(n.)
An assistant or helper; a body of helpers.
Assistant
(a.)
Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Assistant
(n.)
An attendant; one who is present.
Assistant
(a.)
Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an
assistant surgeon.
Assistant
(n.)
One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary;
a means of help.