Roleset assimilate.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "become similar":

Roles:

Arg0:causer of change


Arg1:thing changing


Arg2:target

Examples:

person: ns tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


the one example (-)
We really do know all we need to know, if only we could assimilate this knowledge into our thinking.
Arg0:	we
ArgM-MOD:	could
REL:	assimilate
Arg1:	this knowledge
Arg2-into:	our thinking

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: infinitive


the other example (-)
''Mr. Allen objected to this analogy because it seems [*-1] to ``assimilate the status of blacks to that of animals -- as a mere project of charity, of humaneness.''
Arg0:	[*-1] -> it
REL:	assimilate
Arg1:	the status of blacks
Arg2-to:	that of animals
ArgM:	as a mere project of charity, of humaneness

Assimilate to and assimilate into are actually fairly different senses, but easily distinguished by the prepositions.