assimulation

English

Etymology

From Latin assimulātiō. Compare Middle English assumylaciown (“simulation, counterfeiting, pretence”). By surface analysis, assimulate +‎ -ion.

Noun

assimulation (countable and uncountable, plural assimulations)

1. Obsolete form of assimilation.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 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

• “assimulation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.