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Assimilate

As-sim'i-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ASSIMILATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ASSIMILATING.] [Lat. assimilare, from ad and similare, to make like; similis, like; Fr. assimiler.] 1. To bring to a likeness; to cause to resemble. *Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects.* Cooper. 2. To convert into a like substance; as, food is assimilated by conversion into animal substances, flesh, chyle, blood, &c.

As-sim'i-lāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To become similar.

To perform the act of converting food to the substance of the body. “Birds assimilate less . . . than beasts.” Bacon.
To be converted into the substance of the body; as, flesh assimilates more readily than vegetables.

As-sim'ü-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Lat. assimilare, equiv. to assimilare. See ASSIMILATE.] To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate. [Obs.] Blount.