1. take up mentally; - Example: "he absorbed the knowledge or
beliefs of his tribe" [syn: absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in]
2. become similar to one's environment; - Example: "Immigrants
often want to assimilate quickly" 3. make similar; - Example:
"This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" 4. take (gas,
light or heat) into a solution; [syn: assimilate, imbibe] 5.
become similar in sound; - Example: "The nasal assimilates to
the following consonant" The Collaborative International
Dictionary of English v.0.48: Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. i.
1. To become similar or like something else. [R.] [1913 Webster]
2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part
of the substance of the assimilating body. [1913 Webster]
Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster] 3. To be converted into the substance of the
assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of
food assimilate more readily than others. [1913 Webster] I am a
foreign material, and cannot