assimilate
verb (used with object)
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
has assimilated
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present perfectof assimilate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Choosing that as his Fremen name signifies how he has assimilated while also acknowledging the wise survival skills of the creature.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024
That month’s signing of Luis Díaz, who has assimilated seamlessly since his arrival from Porto, has embellished an already formidable forward line.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2022
Since the 1970s, the Wooster Group, the legendary Manhattan company, has assimilated the available technology of the day, from slide projectors to VCRs to 360-degree film.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
The U.S. government works in its ways, the President was saying, reiterating Pelosi’s message but also underscoring that this government has assimilated him.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
To wear Eastern clothes like an Eastern is possible, for one who has assimilated the Eastern way of life; otherwise, incongruities reveal themselves with every gesture.
From Thomas Moore by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
