assimilate

v. incorporate, take in, absorb; adopt the cultural characteristics of another group

Assimilation (from Latin assimilatio; "to render similar") may refer to more than one article: Assimilation (linguistics), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent soundCultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing cultureLanguage shift or language assimilation, the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another languageAmericanization (of Native Americans), cultural assimilation of Native Americans in the United StatesJewish assimilationAssimilation (biology), the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorptionAssimilation (philosophy), incorporation of new concepts into existing schemes
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Verb
1. take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
(synonym) absorb, ingest, take in
(hypernym) learn, larn, acquire
(hyponym) imbibe
(derivation) acculturation, assimilation
2. become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
(antonym) dissimilate
(hypernym) adjust, conform, adapt
(hyponym) acculturate
(derivation) assimilation
3. make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
(antonym) dissimilate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) assimilation
4. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
(synonym) imbibe
(hypernym) absorb
(derivation) assimilation, absorption
5. become similar in sound; "The nasal assimialates to the following consonant"
(antonym) dissimilate
(hypernym) change
(derivation) assimilation
(classification) phonetics

v. assimilate, absorb, imbibe, digest

adj. absorbed, being assimilated, being incorporated

(v. t.)
To liken; to compare.
  

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

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

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

(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.