Middle English Dictionary Entry
assimilāten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | assimilāten v. |
| Etymology | From L *assimilātus, ppl. of assimilāre, or from assimilāre on the model of other ME verbs from p.ppls. in -atus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Physiol. To assimilate; (b) ben assimilat, be similar (to sth.), resemble.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)115b/b : Multiplying of pediculez..of inward cause bitokeneþ þe morphee & lepre ffor þi þat, if þe nature of þe skyn were stronge, it shuld not erre bot shold assimilate i. make like [L assimilaret].
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)83/14 : Auripigment..putrefieþ straunge humours comyng to a wounde..þat þai may noȝt be assimilate, i. liken to membrez and engendre superflue flesch or dede flesch.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.177 : A man and the worlde be assimilate [Trev.: liche; L assimilantur] in iij thynges.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.281 : Vertues heroicalle and philosophicalle, thro whom men be assimilate [Trev.: i-liche; L similes] to goddes.