assimilative

[ uh-sim-uh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]

/ əˈsɪm əˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv /

characterized by assimilation; assimilating.

Also as·sim·i·la·to·ry

[uh-sim-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /əˈsɪm ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of assimilative

From the Medieval Latin word assimilātīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See assimilate, -ive

as·sim·i·la·tive·ness, noun non·as·sim·i·la·tive, adjective non·as·sim·i·la·to·ry, adjective un·as·sim·i·la·tive, adjective

With the assimilative power of genius, he was quick to seize upon anything he thought politic.

A Short History of English Music |Ernest Ford
But it is, as I have said, a chief glory of Christianity that it possesses this assimilative power.

The Church and Modern Life |Washington Gladden
His body flits hither and thither, but his mind remains observant, assimilative.

Alone |Norman Douglas
They prevent fermentation, promote oxidation, and increase the activity of the assimilative functions.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various

Many of these are, in all probability, excretory products of no assimilative value to the plant.

The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition |A. W. Duncan