assimilatory
əˌleɪ adjective
characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
Related forms
as·sim·i·la·tive·ness, noun
non·as·sim·i·la·tive, adjective
non·as·sim·i·la·to·ry, adjective
un·as·sim·i·la·tive, adjective
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assimilate (əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by into | |
| 1. | (tr) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly |
| 2. | (tr) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues |
| 3. | (intr) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood |
| 4. | to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted: the new immigrants assimilated easily |
| 5. | to become or cause to become similar |
| 6. | ( |
| [C15: from Latin assimilāre to make one thing like another, from similis like, | |
| as'similable | |
| —adj | |
| as'similably | |
| —adv | |
| assimi'lation | |
| —n | |
| as'similative | |
| —adj | |
| as'similatory | |
| —adj | |
| as'similator | |
| —n | |
| as'similatively | |
| —adv | |
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Assimilatory
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| assimilate (əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt) | |
| —vb (usually foll by into | |
| 1. | (tr) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly |
| 2. | (tr) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues |
| 3. | (intr) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood |
| 4. | to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted: the new immigrants assimilated easily |
| 5. | to become or cause to become similar |
| 6. | ( |
| [C15: from Latin assimilāre to make one thing like another, from similis like, | |
| as'similable | |
| —adj | |
| as'similably | |
| —adv | |
| assimi'lation | |
| —n | |
| as'similative | |
| —adj | |
| as'similatory | |
| —adj | |
| as'similator | |
| —n | |
| as'similatively | |
| —adv | |
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