Assimilate

1. v. i. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
2. v. t. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
3. v. t. To liken; to compa/e.
4. v. t. 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.
5. v. i. To become similar or like something else.
6. v. i. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

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Assimilation

1. n. 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.
2. n. 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.

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Assimilative

1. a. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.

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Assessorial

1. a. Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors.

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Assessorship

1. n. The office or function of an assessor.

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Asset

1. n. Any article or separable part of one’s assets.

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Assets

1. n. pl. The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; — opposed to liabilities.
2. n. pl. Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; — called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.
3. n. pl. Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.

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Assever

1. v. t. See Asseverate.

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Asseverated

1. imp. & p. p. of Asseverate

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Asseverating

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Asseverate

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