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Antonyms for assimilate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb uh-sim-uh-leyt; noun uh-sim-uh-lit, -leyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb əˈsɪm əˌleɪt; noun əˈsɪm ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt


Definition of assimilate

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin assimilatus "feigned, pretended, fictitious," past participle of assimilare "to make like," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + simulare "make similar," from similis "like, resembling" (see similar). Originally transitive (with to); intransitive use first recorded 1837. Related: Assimilated; assimilating.
  • verb absorb mentally
  • verb become adjusted; adjust
Example sentences :
  • He gives what His hearers might be assumed to be able to assimilate; but that is all.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • What sense would there be in attempting to assimilate our several needs?
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • He thought for himself, and yet he could assimilate the ideas of other men.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • Again there was an electric silence, and Beardsley let it assimilate.
  • Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
  • There was more to be got if we had the wit to assimilate it.
  • Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn
  • Only to be is motion to convert or assimilate something else.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • "That is quite a load to assimilate all at once," Hilton agreed.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • We have been able to assimilate foreign elements with great rapidity.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • Democracy has on one side to assimilate aristocracy, and not overturn it.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • This is the reason why it is not allowable to assimilate labor to war as they do.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat

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