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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The current study shows that those who have assimilated more positive age beliefs often show improvement, Levy said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 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
Electricity eventually assimilated into the economy and our consciousness, outlets everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
Unlike the Rezaeis’ garden, Babou’s hadn’t been assimilated by fresh mint, but it was only a matter of time.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
