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Do as the Romans do, as it were
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assimilate
Word definitions for assimilate in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. 2 To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind. 3 To absorb a group of people into a community. 4 To compare a thing to something similar. 5 To bring to a likeness or to conformity; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" [syn: absorb , ingest , take in ] become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" [ant: dissimilate ] make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assimilate \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 .] To bring to a likeness or to conformity; ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN child ▪ The child would then assimilate this object into its already formed concept of table, with no further consequence. ▪ The development of cognitive structures is ensured only if the child assimilates and accommodates ...
Usage examples of assimilate.
On the contrary, when apperception is violated, and new knowledge is only half understood and assimilated there can be but little feeling of satisfaction.
They have been exposed to more input, so much they have been unable to appraise and assimilate it, but are able to turn it into immediate output, impressively glib, and commercially sincere.
Added to these numbers are those of the Eastern European populationsexcluding the Jewswho, although assimilable, have not been assimilated.
I was assimilated by the Borg at age six, years before my childhood would have come to an end.
The fact is that any nanites that interact with my nanoprobes in the manner you desire will be assimilated into the Borg Collective.
Memories of the thousands of people she had assimilated as a Borg drone rushed at her.
Once they gained access to enough nanites, the assimilated ones began transmitting a virus through subspace.
I suspect that what few nanites Pek has managed to bring back on-line will be assimilated, now that the microwave pulse is nonfunctional and the Ushekti nanites are no longer isolated.
Nashi trembled with the effort of trying to move within her assimilated outer coaling.
Even the nanites that have already been assimilated would be affected because Borg nanoprobes are in constant contact with each other, right?
Broken glass lay shattered on the streets, and great numbers of Chiar, paralyzed by their own assimilated outer coatings, stood like statues.
Seven will be able to shut down the assimilated nanites in ten minutes.
Then she turned and let them flick out to touch the closest Chiar so she could steal a few of its assimilated nanites and make comparisons.
Nor did they separate non-Westerners from Westerners when the incoming non-Westerners sought to preserve no barrier of their own: during the youth of our Culture, on the Eastern Marches of Europe, many thousands of Slavs were assimilated into the European races, disappeared into them and became completely European.
In examining the nature of race, we saw that Slavs could be, and have been, assimilated by European Culture-populations.