assimilating

/əˈsɪmɪleɪt/

verb

Take in and understand fully (information or ideas)

Marie tried to assimilate the week’s events

understand,comprehend,work out,fathom out,make sense of,grasp,catch,follow,perceive,make out,penetrate,divine,search out,ferret out,puzzle out,take in,assimilate,absorb,get to the bottom of