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Assimilability
Assimilability As*sim`i*la*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality of being assimilable. [R.] --Coleridge.
Assimilable
Assimilable As*sim"i*la*ble, a.
That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated
and incorporated.
Assimilate
Assimilate As*sim"i*late, v. i.
1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]
2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a
part of the substance of the assimilating body.
Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood.
--Arbuthnot.
3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating
body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food
assimilate more readily than others.
I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with
the church of England. --J. H.
Newman.
AssimilateAssimilate 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. AssimilatedAssimilate 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. 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.
Assimilatory
Assimilatory As*sim"i*la*to*ry, a.
Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as,
assimilatory organs.
Disassimilate
Disassimilate Dis`as*sim"i*late, v. t. (Physiol.)
To subject to disassimilation.
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.
Dissimilar
Dissimilar Dis*sim"i*lar, a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F.
dissimilaire.]
Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men
are as dissimilar as their features.
This part very dissimilar to any other. --Boyle.
Dissimilarity
Dissimilarity Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty, n.
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as,
the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. --Sir W. Jones.
Dissimilarly
Dissimilarly Dis*sim"i*lar*ly, adv.
In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. --C. Smart.
Dissimilate
Dissimilate Dis*sim"i*late, v. t.
To render dissimilar.
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.
ReassimilateReassimilate Re`as*sim"i*late, v. t. & i.
To assimilate again. -- Re`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. ReassimilationReassimilate Re`as*sim"i*late, v. t. & i.
To assimilate again. -- Re`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. SimilarSimilar Sim"i*lar, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
precisely like.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each
other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
of like parts similarly situated.
Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several
angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
about the equal angles proportional.
Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of
similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
inclination to one another. Similar
Similar Sim"i*lar, n.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in
quality, form, etc.
Similar figuresSimilar Sim"i*lar, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
precisely like.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each
other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
of like parts similarly situated.
Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several
angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
about the equal angles proportional.
Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of
similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
inclination to one another. Similar rectilineal figuresSimilar Sim"i*lar, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
precisely like.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each
other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
of like parts similarly situated.
Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several
angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
about the equal angles proportional.
Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of
similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
inclination to one another. Similar solidsSimilar Sim"i*lar, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
precisely like.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each
other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
of like parts similarly situated.
Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several
angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
about the equal angles proportional.
Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of
similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
inclination to one another. Similarly
Similarly Sim"i*lar*ly, adv.
In a similar manner.
Similary
Similary Sim"i*lar*y, a.
Similar. [Obs.]
Rhyming cadences of similarly words. --South.
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.
VerisimilarVerisimilar Ver`i*sim"i*lar, a. [L. verisimilis; verus true +
similis like, similar. See Very, and Similar.]
Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. ``How
verisimilar it looks.' --Carlyle.
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