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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
assimilate/əˈsɪməleɪt/
▶verb
  • 1 take in and fully understand (information or ideas).

    ■ (of a society or culture) absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture).

  • 2 absorb and digest (food or nutrients).
  • 3 regard as or become similar.
  • 4 Phonetics make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word.
– derivatives
assimilable adjective,
assimilation noun,
assimilative adjective,
assimilator noun,
assimilatory adjective.
– origin ME: from L. assimilat-, assimilare ‘absorb, incorporate’, from ad- ‘to’ + similis ‘like’.



'assimilation' also found in these Oxford entries:
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pronunciation: reported that (any assimilation?)

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