to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.-to liken; to compa/e.-to appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.-to become similar or like something else.-to change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.-to be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.