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   As·sim·i·late

   /əˈsiməˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully: "Marie tried to assimilate the week's events"
   • ▪ absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture: "pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed" Similar subsumeincorporateintegrateabsorbengulfswallow uptake overco-optnaturalizeadoptembraceacceptadmitrare:acculturate
   • ▪ become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture: "the older generation had more trouble assimilating"
   • ▪ (of the body or any biological system) absorb and digest (food or nutrients): "the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body" Similar absorbtake inacquirepick upgraspcomprehendunderstandlearnmasterdigestingestimbibedrink insoak ininformal:get the hang ofget
   • 2. cause (something) to resemble; liken: "philosophers had assimilated thought to perception"
   • ▪ come to resemble: "the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm"
   • ▪ make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated’, from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to’ + similis ‘like’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. assimilable adjective
   • 2. assimilative adjective
   • 3. assimilatory adjective

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