Synonyms 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 |
Top 10 synonyms for assimilate
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for assimilate
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