[そくおん, sokuon] (n) assimilated sound (small "tsu" in Japanese); geminate consonant [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. i.
1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]
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2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a
part of the substance of the assimilating body.
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Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating
body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food
assimilate more readily than others.
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I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with
the church of England. --J. H.
Newman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assimilated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Assimilating}.] [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.
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To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John
Bright.
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Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes
Assimilate all objects. --Cowper.
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2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]
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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.
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Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate
their nourishment. --Sir I.
Newton.
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His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
--Merivale.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assimilate
v 1: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of
his tribe" [syn: {absorb}, {assimilate}, {ingest}, {take
in}]
2: become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want
to assimilate quickly" [ant: {dissimilate}]
3: make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very
quickly" [ant: {dissimilate}]
4: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: {assimilate},
{imbibe}]
5: become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the
following consonant" [ant: {dissimilate}]
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