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1. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
   "an assimilating substance";
   - assimilative, assimilatory

1. Take up mentally
   "he assimilated the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe";
   - absorb, ingest, take in
    
2. Become similar to one's environment
   "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
    
3. Make similar
   "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
    
4. Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
   - imbibe
    
5. (phonetics) become similar in sound
   "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"

See also: absorbent, absorptive

Type of: absorb, acquire, adapt, adjust, alter, change, conform, larn, learn, modify

Antonym: dissimilate

Encyclopedia: Assimilating