All 6 Uses of
assimilate
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- The only way they could assimilate it was to abandon the entire medieval outlook and enter into a new expansion of reason.†
Part 2assimilate = take in, transform, or fit in
- He showed a way by which reason may be expanded to include elements that have previously been unassimilable and thus have been considered irrational.†
Part 3unassimilable = not capable of being taken in, transformed, or made to fit intostandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unassimilable means not and reverses the meaning of assimilable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I think it's the overwhelming presence of these irrational elements crying for assimilation that creates the present bad quality, the chaotic, disconnected spirit of the twentieth century.†
Part 3assimilation = the process of taking in, transforming, or fitting in
- Phaedrus seemed to assimilate them, or be assimilated by them.†
Part 3assimilate = take in, transform, or fit in
- Phaedrus seemed to assimilate them, or be assimilated by them.†
Part 3 *assimilated = took in, transformed, or fit in
- At present we are also snowed under with a lot of stylishness in the arts ...thin art ...because there's very little assimilation or extension into underlying form.†
Part 3assimilation = the process of taking in, transforming, or fitting in
Definition:
take in, transform, or fit in
The exact meaning of assimilate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "assimilate to a new country" -- fitting into a prevailing culture
- "assimilate the information" -- transform information within the mind into understanding
- "assimilate the food" -- transform nutrients within the body for its use