1. Take up mentally
   - absorb, ingest, take in 
2. Become similar to one's environment
   "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" 
3. Make similar
   "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" 
4. Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
   - imbibe 
5. Become similar in sound
   "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"

Derived forms: assimilated, assimilates, assimilating

See also: assimilation, assimilative, assimilator

Type of: absorb, acquire, adapt, adjust, alter, change, conform, larn, learn, modify

Antonym: dissimilate

Encyclopedia: Assimilate

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