Pronunciation: | | u'simu`leytiv
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | |
[adj] tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative pattern"; "an assimilative process" |
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ASSIMILATIVE is a 12 letter word that starts with A. |
| Synonyms: | | absorbent, absorptive, assimilating, assimilatory |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \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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