Assimilate

ASSIMILATE

-verb

1. (trans.) to learn (information, a procedure, etc.) and understand it thoroughly

2. (trans.) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues

3. (intr.) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood

4. (usually followed by “into” or “with”) to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted

5. (usually followed by “to” or “with”) to become or cause to become similar

6. usually followed by “to” (phonetics) . to change (a consonant) or (of a consonant) to be changed into another under the influence of one adjacent to it

Slowly

Slowly

Rust assimilates metal

Metal assimilates rust

A new mottled creature

Morphing