assimilate /ə-simˈi-lāt/

1. To make similar or like (with to or with)
2. To convert into a substance similar to itself, as the body does to food
3. To take fully into the mind, experience effects of (eg knowledge)
4. To receive and accept fully within a group, absorb
5. To modify (a speech sound), making it more like a neighbouring sound in a word or sentence (phonetics)

1. To become like (with to)
2. To be incorporated or absorbed (into)

assimˈilable adjective

assimilāˈtion noun

• on the point of
• on the port beam
• on the port bow
• on the prowl
• on the pull
• on the q.t.
• on the QT
• on the quiet
• on the rack
• on the rag
• on the rampage
• on the razzle
• on the rebound
• on the right tack
• on the right track
• on the rise
• on the road
• on the rocks
• on the ropes
• on the run
• on the safe side
• on the same wavelength as
• on the scale of
• on the shady side of
• on the shelf