Found 3 items, similar to assimilate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: assimilate beradaptasi, berasimilasi, membaur, memesrakan, mengasimilasikan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: assimilate assimilate v 1: take up mentally; “he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe” [syn: absorb, ingest, take in] 2: become similar to one's environment; “Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly” [ant: dissimilate] 3: make similar; “This country assimilates immigrants very quickly” [ant: dissimilate] 4: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: imbibe] 5: become similar in sound; “The nasal assimialates to the following consonant” [ant: dissimilate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Assimilate Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See Similar, Assemble, Assimilate.] 1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John Bright. [1913 Webster] Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. --Merivale. [1913 Webster] Assimilate \As*sim"i*late\, v. i. 1. To become similar or like something else. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body. [1913 Webster] Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others. [1913 Webster] I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]