assimilate

[As*sim·i*late]

To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.

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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

Verb
become similar to one''s environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"

Verb
make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"

Verb
become similar in sound; "The nasal assimialates to the following consonant"

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take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

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take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

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v. t.
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

v. t.
To liken; to compa/e.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To become similar or like something else.

v. i.
To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

v. i.
To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.

Assimilate

As*sim"i*late , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating .] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See Similar, Assemble, Assimilate.] 1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. Sir M. Hale.

To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland.

Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects.

2. To liken; to compae. [R.] 3. 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.

Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.

His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.

Assimilate

As*sim"i*late, v. i. 1. To become similar or like something else. [R.] 2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood.

3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.

I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England.

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

To become similar or like something else.

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Usage Examples

I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science.

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