assimilative

Adjective

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

assimilative(s = adj.all) Array - capable of mentally absorbing; "assimilative processes"; "assimilative capacity of the human mind"
assimilative(s = adj.all) assimilating, assimilatory - capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance"

Derived form verb assimilate₄

assimilative, 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]

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