assimilate

Verb

• become similar in sound
  • The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
    

• take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

• make similar
  • This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
    

• become similar to one's environment
  • Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
    

• take up mentally
  • he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  imbibe , absorb , ingest , take in