Talk:assimilate

intransitive: become absorbed vs become similar

What meaning is used here? the more common form born —through confusion— assimilates to the less common form borne

https://www.wordreference.com/definition/assimilate --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:31, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Sense 7: be incorporated. It wouldn't make sense for it to "become similar". Equinox ◑ 11:57, 3 December 2019 (UTC)