2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: assimilative adjective: tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative pattern"; "an assimilative process" [syn: {assimilating}, {assimilatory}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Assimilative \As*sim"i*la*tive\, adjective [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F. assimilatif.] Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.

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