- (n.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
- (n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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