Assimilating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  assimilating \assimilating\ adj.
     tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being
     absorbed into or incorporated).
  
     Syn: assimilative, assimilatory.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assimilated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Assimilating}.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of
     assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See
     {Similar}, {Assemble}, {Assimilate}.]
     1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
        resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale.
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              To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John
                                                    Bright.
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              Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes
              Assimilate all objects.               --Cowper.
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     2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]
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     3. 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.
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              Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate
              their nourishment.                    --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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              His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
                                                    --Merivale.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assimilating
       adj : tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation
             (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative
             pattern"; "an assimilative process" [syn: {assimilative},
              {assimilatory}]