Assimilate
(verb)
- To absorb and integrate into a culture, group, or society.
- To become similar to or to adopt the characteristics of a group, culture, or society.
- To take in and understand information or knowledge and make it part of one's own.
Origin:
From the latin word 'assimilare' meaning to make similar, to absorb, or to adopt.
Examples:
- The immigrants struggled to assimilate into their new country.
- She assimilated the new information into her existing knowledge.
- The culture assimilated the new customs and traditions.
- The company assimilated the latest technology into their work process.
- The student quickly assimilated into the school environment.