ASSIMILATE
\ɐsˈɪmɪlˌe͡ɪt], \ɐsˈɪmɪlˌeɪt], \ɐ_s_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ASSIMILATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
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become similar in sound; "The nasal assimialates to the following consonant"
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take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
By Princeton University
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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
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To become similar or like something else.
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To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
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To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
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To liken; to compae.
By Oddity Software
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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
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To become similar or like something else.
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To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
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To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
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To liken; to compae.
By Noah Webster.
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To bring to likeness or agreement with something else; to absorb or take into itself, as nourishment.
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To become similar; harmonize.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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