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assimilate

Pronunciation: /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

The English word “assimilate” has 12 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
  2. To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
  3. To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
  4. To liken, compare to something similar.
  5. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
  6. To become similar.
  7. To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
  8. To undergo phonetic assimilation.

adjective

  1. Assimilated.
  2. Similar, like, the same as.

noun

  1. Something that is or has been assimilated.
  2. Something that is like, similar to another.

Etymology

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“to become similar; to make like”), from assimilat(e) (“assimilated”, also used as the past participal of assimilaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō (see -ate (verb-forming…

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