assimilate

(v) take up mentally
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
absorb, ingest, take in,
(v) become similar to one's environment
- Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
(v) make similar
- This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
(v) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution imbibe,
(v) become similar in sound
- The nasal assimilates to the following consonant

absorb ingest take in imbibe

dissimilate