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AssimilatingAssimilate As*sim"i*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of
assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See
Similar, Assemble, Assimilate.]
1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale.
To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John
Bright.
Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all
objects. --Cowper.
2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]
3. 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.
Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate
their nourishment. --Sir I.
Newton.
His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
--Merivale. Assimilation
Assimilation As*sim`i*la"tion, n. [L. assimilatio: cf. F.
assimilation.]
1. 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.
To aspire to an assimilation with God. --Dr. H.
More.
The assimilation of gases and vapors. --Sir J.
Herschel.
2. (Physiol.) 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.
Not conversing the body, not repairing it by
assimilation, but preserving it by ventilation.
--Sir T.
Browne.
Note: The term assimilation has been limited by some to the
final process by which the nutritive matter of the
blood is converted into the substance of the tissues
and organs.
Assimilative
Assimilative As*sim"i*la*tive, a. [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F.
assimilatif.]
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that
assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative
process or substance.
Disassimilation
Disassimilation Dis`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. (Physics)
The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism,
into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution
of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of
assimilation; downward metabolism.
Disassimilative
Disassimilative Dis`as*sim"i*la*tive, a. (Physiol.)
Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of
disassimilation.
Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature
in the life of animal cells. --McKendrick.
Dissimilation
Dissimilation Dis*sim`i*la"tion, n.
The act of making dissimilar. --H. Sweet.
Malassimilation
Malassimilation Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. [Mal- +
assimilation.] (Physiol.)
(a) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents
of the food.
(b) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials
brought to them by the blood.
ReassimilationReassimilate Re`as*sim"i*late, v. t. & i.
To assimilate again. -- Re`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. Similative
Similative Sim"i*la*tive, a.
Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. [R.]
In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple.
[past participle], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc.
--New English
Dict.
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