Definition of "assimilate" []

• Physiology To consume and incorporate (nutrients) into the body after digestion. (verb-transitive)
• Physiology To transform (food) into living tissue by the process of anabolism; metabolize constructively. (verb-transitive)
• To incorporate and absorb into the mind: assimilate knowledge. (verb-transitive)
• To make similar; cause to resemble. (verb-transitive)
• Linguistics To alter (a sound) by assimilation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Your underline assertion, that Mexican immigrants don't want to 'assimilate' is highly questionable, however, depending on how you define 'assimilate'."
• "Your underline assertion, that Mexican immigrants don't want to 'assimilate' is highly questionable, however, depending on how you define 'assimilate'."
• "The desire to assimilate is very powerful, it is a variation on the need to conform to society."
• "The desire to assimilate is very powerful, it is a variation on the need to conform to society."
• "If people don't want to assimilate, that is their right, as long as they obey the laws of the country they live in."
• "If people don't want to assimilate, that is their right, as long as they obey the laws of the country they live in."