ASSIMILATE

vi to become similar or like something else.

2. assimilate ·vt to liken; to compa/e.

3. assimilate ·vt to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

4. assimilate ·vi to change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

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

6. assimilate ·vt 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.