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Assimilate is a verb that has multiple meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Overall, it refers to the process of incorporating or integrating something new or different into an existing entity or system.
One common usage of assimilate pertains to cultural integration. It describes the process by which individuals or groups adopt the norms, customs, and practices of a different culture, often leaving behind their own. In this sense, assimilation involves the adoption of new languages, values, traditions, and behaviors. This term can also extend to the absorption of immigrant or minority populations into the dominant culture of a society.
Assimilate can also refer to the process of understanding, comprehending, and incorporating new information or knowledge into one's existing understanding or framework. It implies the internalization and integration of new concepts, ideas, or facts, often to the extent of becoming an inherent part of someone's knowledge or belief system.
Additionally, assimilate can be used in the context of biology to describe the process by which organisms absorb and incorporate nutrients or substances from their environment into their own body tissues or systems. This biological assimilation is vital for growth, development, and maintenance of living organisms.
Overall, assimilate denotes the act of incorporating, integrating, or absorbing something new into an existing structure, whether it applies to culture, knowledge, or biological processes.
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To absorb, and incorporate into the body, the digested food products.
A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.
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To make like; to bring to a likeness; to change into its own substance.
Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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The word "assimilate" comes from the Latin word "assimilare", which is derived from the prefix "ad-" (meaning "to" or "towards") and the word "similis" (meaning "similar" or "like"). Combined, the word "assimilare" means "to make similar to" or "to make like". As the term migrated from Latin into English, it developed the sense of integrating or absorbing something into a prevailing culture or society, often with the expectation of conformity and uniformity.
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