单词 | assimilant |
释义 | † assimilantadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. Assimilating. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature 117 Of this Assimilation are two parts; of which, one takes away the qualities of the food that made it unlike to the constitution of the body assimilant; the other introduces new qualities more agreeable and conform to it. B. n. An assimilating agent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [noun] > one who or that which assimilant1684 absorber1696 assimilator1880 swallower1891 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 195 The more these Humours are heated..the more willingly they turn to the Assimilants side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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