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To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
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Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
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To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
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The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
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To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
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The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
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To compare to something similar.
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To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
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To become similar.
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To be incorporated or absorbed into something.