assimilate

• "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

Synonyms

• absorbbecome imbued; take up mentally; take up, as of debts or payments; take in, also metaphorically; cause to become one with; suck or take up or in; devote (oneself) fully to; assimilate or take in; consume all of one's attention or time
• ingestserve oneself to, or consume regularly; take up mentally
• take inprovide with shelter ; fool or hoax; suck or take up or in; visit for entertainment; call for and obtain payment of; see or watch; express willingness to have in one's home or environs; fold up; take up mentally; earn on some commercial or business transaction; hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; accept; take in, also metaphorically; take up as if with a sponge ; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; take into one's family; make (clothes) smaller

• "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"

• "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"

Synonyms

• imbibetake in, also metaphorically; take (gas, light or heat) into a solution ; take in liquids; receive into the mind and retain

• "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"