integrate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To combine two or more things so that they work together as one.

   The new software integrates email and calendars in one place.

2. 2
   verb

   To become an accepted part of a group or society, or to help someone do this.

   The refugees quickly integrated into the community.

First attested in the 1450's as an adjective, first attested in 1638 as a verb; from Middle English integrat(e) (“intact, whole”), borrowed from Latin integrātus, perfect passive participle of integrō (“to make whole, renew, repair, begin again”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from integer (“whole, fresh”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See integer and integral.

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