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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSIMILATIVE

a.having power of converting to a likeness, or to a like substance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSIMILATIVE

As *sim "i *la *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F. assimilatif.]

 

Defn: Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.