assimilating

English

Verb

assimilating

1. present participle and gerund of assimilate
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 92–93:

     It was delightful to have so much to communicate, and yet to be so well understood. Then the contrast between the two gave that variety which attracts without assimilating.

Adjective

assimilating (not comparable)

1. That assimilates

Derived terms

• nonassimilating
• unassimilating