Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to assimilate
Participle: assimilated
Gerund: assimilating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | assimilate |
| you | assimilate |
| he;she;it | assimilates |
| we | assimilate |
| you | assimilate |
| they | assimilate |
Perfect
| I | have assimilated |
| you | have assimilated |
| he;she;it | has assimilated |
| we | have assimilated |
| you | have assimilated |
| they | have assimilated |
Past
| I | assimilated |
| you | assimilated |
| he;she;it | assimilated |
| we | assimilated |
| you | assimilated |
| they | assimilated |
Pluperfect
| I | had assimilated |
| you | had assimilated |
| he;she;it | had assimilated |
| we | had assimilated |
| you | had assimilated |
| they | had assimilated |
Future
| I | will assimilate |
| you | will assimilate |
| he;she;it | will assimilate |
| we | will assimilate |
| you | will assimilate |
| they | will assimilate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have assimilated |
| you | will have assimilated |
| he;she;it | will have assimilated |
| we | will have assimilated |
| you | will have assimilated |
| they | will have assimilated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | assimilate |
| you | assimilate |
| he;she;it | assimilate |
| we | assimilate |
| you | assimilate |
| they | assimilate |
Perfect
| I | have assimilated |
| you | have assimilated |
| he;she;it | have assimilated |
| we | have assimilated |
| you | have assimilated |
| they | have assimilated |
Imperfect
| I | assimilated |
| you | assimilated |
| he;she;it | assimilated |
| we | assimilated |
| you | assimilated |
| they | assimilated |
Pluperfect
| I | had assimilated |
| you | had assimilated |
| he;she;it | had assimilated |
| we | had assimilated |
| you | had assimilated |
| they | had assimilated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would assimilate |
| you | would assimilate |
| he;she;it | would assimilate |
| we | would assimilate |
| you | would assimilate |
| they | would assimilate |
Perfect
| I | would have assimilated |
| you | would have assimilated |
| he;she;it | would have assimilated |
| we | would have assimilated |
| you | would have assimilated |
| they | would have assimilated |
Imperative
| you | assimilate |
| we | Let's assimilate |
| you | assimilate |
Verbs conjugated like 'assimilate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'assimilate'
assibilate,
assimulate,
dissimilate,
reassimilate,
annihilate,
associate,
astipulate,
disassimilate,
dissimulate,
insimulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to include as a constituent part or functionality
- absorb, add on, co-opt, corporate, incorporate, incorpse, integrate, subsume, swallow
- digest
- absorb, learn, understand, grasp, sense
- adapt
- acclimatize, accustom, conform
Antonyms
- To cause a resemblance.
- resemble
- digest
- eject, reject, refuse, displace
- adapt
- derange, disarrange, dislocate, dismember
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1528 (implied in
assimilative), from L.
assimilatus, pp. of
assimilare "to make like," from
ad- "to" +
simulare "make similar," from
similis "like, resembling" (see similar). Originally trans. (with
to); intrans. use first recorded 1837.
2. First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“to become similar; to make like”), from assimilat(e) (“assimilated”, also used as the past participal of assimilaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad + simulō (“to imitate, copy”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assemble.
Verbs referencing "assimilate"
Finnish with old forms
assimiloida.
Sample Sentences
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[...] class they degrade as we do. They are in our homes; they are the associates of our children, and they form their minds faster than we can; for they are a race that children always will cling to and assimilate with. If Eva, now, was not more angel than ordinary, she would be ruined. We might as well allow the small-pox to run among them, and think our children would not take it, as to let them be [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)