v. t. - To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
v. t. - To liken; to compa/e.
v. t. - To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
v. i. - To become similar or like something else.
v. i. - To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.
v. i. - To be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.