assimulation
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English
Etymology
From Latin assimulātiō. Compare Middle English assumylaciown (“simulation, counterfeiting, pretence”).[1] By surface analysis, assimulate + -ion.
Noun
assimulation (countable and uncountable, plural assimulations)
- Obsolete form of assimilation.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
- assimulation; when a hard body assimulateth a soft , being contiguous to it
References
- “assimulation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “assimulation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
