assimilate

/əˈsɪm·əˌleɪt/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to take in and make a part of your basic knowledge something learned from others, so that you can use it as your own: [T] We hoped the students would assimilate the information contained in the lecture. › People who are or become assimilated in a society become similar to others by learning and using the customs and culture of the new society: [T] Once outsiders, they had now been assimilated into the cultural mainstream.

(Definition of assimilate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)