Either he must assimilate in order to succeed or he must forego success for his ethnic roots and familial ties.: We are overloaded with new experiences already, and cannot assimilate any more.: The Brahmins were known for their tendency to absorb, assimilate and upgrade deities, not for exhibiting animus towards them. This is a man who believes that above all the church must resist the ...With reference to the assimilation of nitrogen, it would seem that algae, like other green plants,, can best use it when it is presented to them in the form of a nitrate. 3. 2. Advertisement. Assimilation refers to the process of taking in new information by incorporating it into an existing schema.