Assimilate

as-sim′il-āt, v.t. to make similar or like to: to convert into a like substance, as food in our bodies (with to , with ).— v.i. to become like, or to be incorporated in.— n. A im′i lability ( Cole ridge ).— adj. A im′ilable .— n. A imilā′tion .— adj. A im′ilātive , having the power or tendency to a imilate. [L. a imilāre , -ātum — ad , to, similis , like.]