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assimilate
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as·sim·i·late (-sm-lt)
v.
1. To consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
2. To transform food into living tissue by the process of anabolism.
assimilate
[əsim′əlāt]
Etymology: L, assimilare, to make alike
to absorb nutritive substances from the digestive tract to the circulatory system and convert them into living tissues.


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