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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. capable of mentally absorbing ;
- Example: "assimilative processes", "assimilative capacity of the human mind"

2. capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution;
- Example: "an assimilative substance
[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]