assimulation

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A form of assimilation — The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

OriginLatin assimulātiō →
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Meanings

nounassimulation (countable and uncountable, plural assimulations)

plural assimulations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of assimilation.

    assimulation; when a hard body assimulateth a soft , being contiguous to it

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinassimulātiō
  2. Englishassimulation

From Latin assimulātiō. Compare Middle English assumylaciown (“simulation, counterfeiting, pretence”). By surface analysis, assimulate + -ion.

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APA

assimulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assimulation

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“assimulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assimulation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assimulation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assimulation.

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