Definition of "assimilates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assimilate. (verb)

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• "The marginal culture assimilates, which is not, by definition, bad."
• "I don't just mean that New York "assimilates" immigrants, so that Punjabi limo drivers practice saying "fuggeddaboutit" within a few weeks of first negotiating our potholes."
• "It seems, though very little is known on the subject, that what "assimilates" itself directly, and with the least trouble of digestion with the human body, is the best for the above circumstances."