1. [v]  become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
2. [v]  make similar
3. [v]  become similar in sound; in phonetics
4. [v]  take up, as of knowledge or beliefs
5. [v]  take into solution, as of gas, light, or heat

ASSIMILATE is a 10 letter word that starts with A.

1. \As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assimilated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Assimilating}.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of
   assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See
   {Similar}, {Assemble}, {Assimilate}.]
   1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
      resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale.
            To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John
                                                  Bright.
            Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all
            objects.                              --Cowper.
   2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]
   3. 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.
            Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate
            their nourishment.                    --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.
            His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
                                                  --Merivale.
   

2. \As*sim"i*late\, v. i.
   1. To become similar or like something else. [R.]
   2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a
      part of the substance of the assimilating body.
            Aliment easily assimilated or turned into blood.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
   3. To be converted into the substance of the assimilating
      body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food
      assimilate more readily than others.
            I am a foreign material, and cannot assimilate with
            the church of England.                --J. H.
                                                  Newman.