assimilable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of assimilable
1640–50; < Medieval Latin assimilābilis, equivalent to Latin assimilā ( re ) ( see assimilate) + -bilis -ble
Example Sentences
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But each production — featuring an efficient and evocative oval-shaped set by David L. Arsenault — provides an accessible and assimilable introduction to a complex and uncomfortable world.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
Creating zigzag lines of screen conflict, Greengrass floods the moviegoer’s eye with enormous amounts of assimilable detail.
From Time ● Oct. 10, 2013
The plot, meanwhile, pares Dee's complicated life to an assimilable morality play.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2012
Despite their contrarianism, Fluxus attitudes were readily assimilable, superficially at least, by popular culture.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2011
The nitric ferment exists in all soils and in all latitudes, and converts the ammoniacal matters carried along by the rain into nitrates of a form most assimilable by plants.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
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