assimilate
verb (used with object)
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
assimilated
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past participleof assimilate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof assimilate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
assimilateverb (used with object)to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
Example Sentences
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Together the forewords underscore a larger point: Golding is not easily assimilated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The current study shows that those who have assimilated more positive age beliefs often show improvement, Levy said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
“I assimilated into a Jewish-inflected America,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Tom, whose family fled Nazi Germany when he was a boy, is a thoroughly assimilated, tennis-obsessed Englishman who brings his own more conciliatory perspective to the discussion as a British Jew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
According to these authors, the delayed but lethal effect on the young birds follows from storage of dieldrin in the yolk of the egg, from which it is gradually assimilated during incubation and after hatching.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
