as·sim·i·late /əˈsɪməˌlet/
 (vt.)使同化,比較,比擬,吸收,吸取(vi.)被吸收,被同化
 as·sim·i·late /əˈsɪməˌlet/ 動詞
 同化物
 As·sim·i·late, v. i.
 1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]
 2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
    Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood.   --Arbuthnot.
 3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
    I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with the church of England.   --J. H. Newman.
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 As·sim·i·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating ]
 1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
    To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland.   --John Bright.
 Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes
 Assimilate all objects.   --Cowper.
 2. To liken; to compa░e. [R.]
 3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
    Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.   --Sir I. Newton.
    His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.   --Merivale.
 assimilate
      v 1: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of
           his tribe" [syn: absorb, ingest, take in]
      2: become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want
         to assimilate quickly" [ant: dissimilate]
      3: make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very
         quickly" [ant: dissimilate]
      4: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: imbibe]
      5: become similar in sound; "The nasal assimialates to the
         following consonant" [ant: dissimilate]