Assimilative

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assimilative \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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assimilative
       adj : tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation
             (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative
             pattern"; "an assimilative process" [syn: {assimilating},
              {assimilatory}]