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 As·sim·i·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating ]
 1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
    To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland.   --John Bright.
 Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes
 Assimilate all objects.   --Cowper.
 2. To liken; to compa░e. [R.]
 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.
    Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.   --Sir I. Newton.
    His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.   --Merivale.

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