English-Thai Dictionary

assimilate

VI กลายเป็น เหมือน หรือ คล้าย กัน  klai-pen-muean-rue-khlai-kan

 

assimilate

VT ดูดซึม สารอาหาร  absorb digest dud-suem-san-ar-han

 

assimilate

VT ทำให้ เหมือน หรือ คล้าย กัน  adapt acclimatize tham-hai-muean-rue-khlai-kan

 

assimilate into

PHRV ทำให้ ค่อยๆ กลายเป็น ส่วนหนึ่ง ของ  ค่อยๆ กลมกลืน กับ  ทำให้ กลมกลืน ไป กับ  absorb into tham-hai-khoi-khoi-klai-pen-suan-nueng-khong

 

assimilate to

PHRV ทำให้ เหมือนกับ  ทำให้ คล้าย กับ  tham-hai-muean-kab

 

assimilate with

PHRV กลมกลืน ไป กับ (โดยเฉพาะ ทาง ภาษา  วัฒนธรรม  วิถีชีวิต  ค่อยๆ กลมกลืน กับ  klom-kluen-pai-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSIMILATE

v.t.[L. assimilo, of ad and similis, like. See Similar. ] 1. To bring to a likeness; to cause to resemble.
2. To convert into a like substance; as, food is assimilated by conversion into animal substances, flesh, chyle, blood, etc.

 

ASSIMILATE

v.i. 1. To become similar.
2. To be converted into a like substance.

 

ASSIMILATED

pp. Brought to a likeness; changed into a like substance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSIMILATE

As *sim "i *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated; p. pr. & vb. n.Assimilating. ] Etym: [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See Similar, Assemble, Assimilate. ]

 

1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. Sir M. Hale. To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. John Bright. Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. Cowper.

 

2. To liken; to compa [R.]

 

3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue. Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment. Sir I. Newton. His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. Merivale.

 

ASSIMILATE

ASSIMILATE As *sim "i *late, v. i.

 

1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]

 

2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body. Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood. Arbuthnot.

 

3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others. I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England. J. H. Newman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assimilate

as sim i late |əˈsiməˌlāt əˈsɪməˌleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 take in (information, ideas, or culture ) and understand fully: Marie tried to assimilate the week's events. • (usu. be assimilated ) absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture ) into a wider society or culture: pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed | [ no obj. ] : the converts were assimilated into the society of their conquerors. • (usu. be assimilated ) (of the body or any biological system ) absorb and digest (food or nutrients ): the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body. 2 cause (something ) to resemble; liken: philosophers had assimilated thought to perception. • [ no obj. ] come to resemble: the churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm. • Phonetics make (a sound ) more like another in the same or next word. DERIVATIVES as sim i la ble |-ləbəl |adjective, as sim i la tion |əˌsiməˈlāSHən |noun, as sim i la tive |-ˌlātiv, -lətiv |adjective, as sim i la tor |-ˌlātər |noun, as sim i la to ry |-ləˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated, ’ from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to ’ + similis ‘like. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

assimilate

as ¦simi |late |əˈsɪmɪleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 take in and understand fully (information or ideas ): Marie tried to assimilate the week's events. • absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture ) into a wider society or culture: pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed. 2 (of the body or any biological system ) absorb and digest (food or nutrients ). 3 regard as similar; liken: philosophers had assimilated thought to perception. • [ no obj. ] become similar: the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm. • Phonetics make (a sound ) more like another in the same or next word. DERIVATIVES assimilable adjective, assimilation |-ˈleɪʃ (ə )n |noun, assimilative adjective, assimilator noun, assimilatory |-lət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated ’, from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to ’ + similis ‘like ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

assimilate

assimilate verb 1 the amount of information he can assimilate: absorb, take in, acquire, soak up, pick up, grasp, comprehend, understand, learn, master; digest, ingest. 2 they were crushed and ultimately assimilated by the Romans: subsume, incorporate, integrate, absorb, engulf, acculturate; co-opt, adopt, embrace, admit. 3 after arriving, it took us some time to assimilate: integrate, blend in.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

assimilate

assimilate verb 1 there are limits to the amount of information he can assimilate | the plants do not assimilate nitrates fast enough: absorb, take in, acquire, pick up, grasp, comprehend, understand, learn, master; digest, ingest, imbibe, drink in, soak in; informal get the hang of, get. 2 many tribes disappeared, having been assimilated by the Russian or Turkic peoples: subsume, incorporate, integrate, absorb, engulf, swallow up, take over, co-opt, naturalize, adopt, embrace, accept, admit; rare acculturate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

assimilate

as sim i late /əsɪ́məlèɪt /動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -lating 他動詞 1 〈知識 文化 技術など 〉を自分のものにする, 真に理解する (absorb )▸ assimilate knowledge 知識を身につける 2 〈民族 文化など 〉を 【より大きな社会 文化 国などに 】同化 [融合 ]する (integrate ) «into , to , with » ▸ The new comers were assimilated into rural life .新来者たちは田舎暮らしに同化した 3 «…に » …を同化する , «…と » …を同じものにする, 一様にする «to , with » ▸ assimilate oneself to new surroundings 新しい環境に慣れる 4 〈食物 栄養など 〉を消化 [吸収 ]する (digest ).5 〘音声 〙〈音 〉を同化する .自動詞 1 ｟米 ｠同化 [融合 ]する .2 〈食物などが 〉消化 [吸収 ]される .