assimilating

Variant of assimilate

transitive verb assimilated, assimilating

  1. to change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the body tissues; absorb into the body
  2. to absorb and incorporate into one's thinking
  3. to absorb (groups of different cultures) into the main cultural body
  4. to make like or alike; cause to resemble: with to
  5. Now Rare to compare or liken
  6. Linguis. to cause to undergo assimilation

Origin: ME assimilaten < L assimilatus, pp. of assimilare < ad-, to + similare, make similar < similis, like: see same

intransitive verb

  1. to become like or alike
  2. to be absorbed and incorporated
  3. Linguis. to undergo assimilation

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