assimilate

Meanings

Verb

take up mentally
become similar to one's environment
- "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
make similar
- "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
become similar in sound
- "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
To liken, compare to something similar.
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
To become similar.
To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

Adj

Assimilated.
Similar, like, the same as.

Noun

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

Origin / 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 suffix)), from ad + simulō (“to imitate, copy”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assemble.

Synonyms

absorb, imbibe, ingest, integrate, process, take in

Antonyms

dissimilate

Scrabble Score: 12

assimilate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
assimilate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
assimilate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

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