Assimilability(n.) The quality of being assimilable.
Assimilable(a.) That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.
Assimilate(v. i.) To become similar or like something else.
Assimilate(v. i.) To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
Assimilate(v. i.) To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
Assimilate(v. t.) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
Assimilate(v. t.) To liken; to compa/e.
Assimilate(v. t.) 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.
Assimilated(imp. & p. p.) of Assimilate
Assimilating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assimilate
Assimilation(n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Assimilation(n.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
Assimilative(a.) Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.
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