assimilate
verb (used with object)
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
were assimilating
-
past progressiveof assimilate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
During the long period when the European peoples were assimilating the ideas of Christianity the study of myths remained in abeyance.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
The average human being can only absorb and assimilate safely new forms of thought when given enough time for digestion, as if he were assimilating food.
From The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Brooks Adams
The majority were assimilating the contents of illustrated weeklies over a fortnight old; two in opposite corners of the settee were asleep with their caps tilted over their noses, sleeping the sleep of profound exhaustion.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
My own countenance, I know, told him nothing; but it was obvious that the girls were assimilating his startling affirmations only with the greatest difficulty.
From The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk
