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To absorb new information or incorporate something into a larger whole.

verb

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assimilate

She needed time to assimilate the information from the workshop.
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The following week, Mira found the atmosphere more congenial because people greeted one another and made room for questions. Her inquisitive tablemate wanted to understand why the instructor used one folding sequence rather than another. Mira listened, examined both examples, and tried to assimilate the explanation into what she already knew.
From Finding Your Place.
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