assimilate
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verb with object
1. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully:
｟かたく｠ (理解して)〈考え･知識など〉を自分のものにする, 吸収する(absorb)
e.g. Marie tried to assimilate the week's events.
absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture:
«…に» 〈民族･思想･文化など〉を 同化する, 融合する(integrate) «into, to, with»
e.g. pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed.
no object become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture:
｟米｠ «…に» 同化, 融合する «into, to, with» .
e.g. the older generation had more trouble assimilating.
(of the body or any biological system) absorb and digest (food or nutrients):
〈食物など〉を消化, 吸収する(digest)
e.g. the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body.
2. cause (something) to resemble; liken:
«…に» …をたとえる «to, with»
e.g. philosophers had assimilated thought to perception.
no object come to resemble:
e.g. the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm.
Phonetics make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word.
〘音声〙 〈音〉を同化する
DERIVATIVES
assimilable | əˈsimələb(ə)l | adjective
assimilative | əˈsiməˌlādiv, əˈsimələdiv | adjective
assimilator | -ˌlātər | noun
assimilatory | -ləˌtôrē | adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated’, from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to’ + similis ‘like’.