Assimilate — Defs

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

imp. & p. p. Assimilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating

1.
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
“To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland.” — John Bright.

“Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects.” — Cowper.
2.
To liken; to compa�e.[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.” — Sir I. Newton.

“His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.” — Merivale.

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

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.” — Arbuthnot.
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.” — J. H. Newman.