Antonyms for assimilating

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 assimilating

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 :

Or, as conventional as ever, our own method is the scientific method of assimilating.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

He turned to the lake and consumed five minutes in assimilating her remark.
Extract from : « A Woman's Will » by Anne Warner

Capacity for assimilating the public taste and reproducing it, is the commonest.
Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith

After a time they increase in size by assimilating the hmoglobin.
Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, July, 1900 » by Various

But we also possess capacities other than these for assimilating and using a language.
Extract from : « The Principles of Language-Study » by Harold E. Palmer

We are endowed by nature with capacities for assimilating speech.
Extract from : « The Principles of Language-Study » by Harold E. Palmer

In the meanwhile he was reading and assimilating the popular English favorites.
Extract from : « A History of American Literature » by Percy H. Boynton

Kells was slow in assimilating the truth and his action corresponded with his mind.
Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey

He is of the kind who drink in the life universal, assimilating it to themselves.
Extract from : « Handel » by Romain Rolland

Several of its members were in favour of assimilating Reform, 1867.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 » by Various

Synonyms for assimilating

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