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assimilable, a. and n.|əˈsɪmɪləb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. assimilābilis, f. assimilāre: see assimilate.]
A. adj.
1. That may be appropriated as nourishment.
1667Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual., Such assimilable juices. 1859Lewes Sea-side Stud. 208 Very simple organisms find assimilable food in the element they live in.
2. That may be likened or compared to.
1847Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 107/2 This intrinsic change seems assimilable to that effecting softening of fibrinous clots in the veins. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §30 (1875) 106 Agencies less assimilable to the familiar agencies of men and animals.
B. as n. That which is assimilable.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 386 Meeting no assimilables wherein to react their natures. |