Read the dictionary definition of assimilate. All definitions for this word.
1. become similar to one's environment
1. Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
2. make similar
1. This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
3. become similar in sound
1. The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
4. take up mentally
1. he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
5. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution