ASSIMILATES

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Definition

verb

To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
“Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.”
To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
“The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.”
To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
“The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.”