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Meaning of ASSIMILATIVE

Pronunciation:  u'simu`leytiv

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative pattern"; "an assimilative process"
 

ASSIMILATIVE is a 12 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: absorbent, absorptive, assimilating, assimilatory
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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