(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:55:57

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.

 

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