assimilate
verb (used with object)
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
had been assimilating
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past perfect progressiveof assimilate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Joe Prantera had been rocking with the mental blows he had been assimilating, but this was the final haymaker.
From Gun for Hire by H. R. van Dongen
