Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A counterfeiting; simulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Assimilation.
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- noun Obsolete form of
assimilation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is their cultural assimulation into the ROC on Taiwan that makes them more sociably acceptable into the mainstream society of the island.
Lin Trial Transcripts: Does the US have sovereignty over Taiwan? Michael Turton 2009
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I really cannot blame an individual for wanting a better life for themselves and their families (wherever they may live), however, I do not agree with handing out welfare, free education (which hikes my tuition, not theirs) and not requiring assimulation into the culture (like learning to read and write in English, like most of the world does).
Think Progress » Buchanan: Mexico Conspiring To ‘Re-Annex’ Seven Southwest States 2006
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The distinctive quality of an aliment, therefore, is its liability to animal assimulation.
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We must believe that the labors of digestion and assimulation do not cease during sleep, but repair losses so that there is a time when the individual having already all the necessities of action is not excited by external objects.
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We must believe that the labors of digestion and assimulation do not cease during sleep, but repair losses so that there is a time when the individual having already all the necessities of action is not excited by external objects.
The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790
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The distinctive quality of an aliment, therefore, is its liability to animal assimulation.
The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790
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I am one of those Pomo Indians who doesn't want my heritage and WEYA swept away by assimulation.
unknown title 2009
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I am one of those Pomo Indians who doesn't want my heritage and WEYA swept away by assimulation.
unknown title 2009
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I am one of those Pomo Indians who doesn't want my heritage and WEYA swept away by assimulation.
unknown title 2009
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I am one of those Pomo Indians who doesn't want my heritage and WEYA swept away by assimulation.
unknown title 2009
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