Assimilate

·vi To become similar or like something else.

II. Assimilate ·vt To Liken; to compa/e.

III. Assimilate ·vt To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

IV. Assimilate ·vi To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.

V. 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.

VI. 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.