assimilate

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omaksua To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.

The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.

His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.

The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.

to assimilate our law to the law of Scotland

Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects.

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At low light intensity, high temperature delays the first flower initiation, as assimilate supply is limiting and high temperature reduces the amount of assimilate available in the plant.

the growing root and ectomycorrhizas both act as assimilate sinks