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assimilates

  • present tense form
    of assimilate (3rd person singular).
    assimilate
    verb (used with object)
    to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.

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Jacques Bouvier added: 'Because rubisco assimilates the sugars which fuel life on Earth, improving this enzyme is one of the most promising avenues to help combat food insecurity.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

Hazel-May, however, assimilates just fine, and Nella begins to feel increasingly on the outs with those around her.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

ChatGPT, Microsoft-controlled AI that grows smarter at mimicking human behavior as it assimilates more knowledge in a massive database, presents the illusion of talking with a friend who wants to do your work for you.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

There it contributes to partial melting of crustal rock, and thus it assimilates much more felsic material.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

NOTE.—The forms ac-, af-, etc., are euphonic variations of ad-, and follow generally the rule that the final consonant of the prefix assimilates to the initial letter of the root.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton