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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 other. "To aspire to an assimilation with God." (Dr. H. More) "The assimilation of gases and vapors." (Sir J. Herschel) 2. The transformation of nutriment into the fluid or solid stuff 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) The term assimilation has been limited by some to the final process by which the nutritive matter of the blood is converted into the stuff of the tissues and organs. Origin: L. Assimilatio: cf. F. Assimilation. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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