assimilate-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: make or become similar

Commentary: NP1[+/-agent] ASSIMILATE (TO NP2)

Examples:
This country assimilates immigrants very quickly.
The country assimilated cultural, political and social structures
from China.

Mappings:
VerbNet: adjust-26.9
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: assimilate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3

Sense Number 2: take in (mentally or physically)

Examples:
She knew that she had completely assimilated the knowledge that she had
acquired over the years.
Diarrhea slightly assimilated the indigestible components.

Mappings:
VerbNet: learn-14-2-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 3: become similar in sound

Commentary: Compare closely to sense 1. This sense is a subsense in that it applies to articulation.

Examples:

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5