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[syn: assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Assimilative \As*sim"i*la*tive\, a. [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F.
assimilatif.]
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that
assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative
process or substance.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
assimilative
adj 1: capable of mentally absorbing ; "assimilative processes",
"assimilative capacity of the human mind"
2: capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution;
"an assimilative substance [syn: assimilating,
assimilative, assimilatory]