assimilate

English

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
  • (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
  • (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
  • (transitive) To compare to something similar.
  • (transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
  • (intransitive) To become similar.
  • (intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assimilātus, assimulātus (made similar, imitated).

Origin

Latin

assimulātus

Gloss

made similar, imitated

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