assimulation

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)

  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

  1. ^ “assimulation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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