assimilate

Meanings

Verb

• take up mentally
• become similar to one's environment
  • "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
• make similar
  • "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
• become similar in sound
  • "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"

Synonyms

absorb, imbibe, ingest, take in

Antonyms

dissimilate