Adjective: assimilative u'si-mu,ley-tiv [N. Amer], u'si-mu-lu-tiv [Brit]
- Capable of mentally absorbing
"assimilative processes"; "assimilative capacity of the human mind"
- Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
"an assimilative substance";
- assimilating, assimilatory
See also: absorbent, absorptive, open, receptive
Encyclopedia: Assimilative