assimilable

[ uh-sim-uh-luh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being assimilated.

Other Words From

• as·simi·la·bili·ty noun
• nonas·simi·la·bili·ty noun
• nonas·simi·la·ble adjective
• unas·simi·la·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of assimilable¹

1640–50; < Medieval Latin assimilābilis, equivalent to Latin assimilā ( re ) ( assimilate ) + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

Most pharmacologists believe that whatever virtue there is in cod-liver oil depends on its qualities as an easily assimilable fat.

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Le culte est assimilable dans une certaine mesure aux incantations, aux pratiques magiques.

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Milk fresh from the cow, and the egg while it is still warm, are assimilable to the highest degree.

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Without this it is wholly absurd to say either that they are or are not assimilable.

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Milk is the natural food of the young mammal, and contains all the foodstuffs in a form easily assimilable.

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