assimulation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin assimulatio, equivalent to assimilatio.
Noun edit
assimulation (countable and uncountable, plural assimulations)
- Obsolete form of assimilation.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- assimulation; when a hard body assimulateth a soft , being contiguous to it
References edit
- “assimulation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.