assimilative
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for assimilative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology
From the French assimilatif, assimilative, from the Late Latin assimilātīvus; equivalent to assimilate + -ive.
Adjective
assimilative (comparative more assimilative, superlative most assimilative)
- Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
French
Adjective
assimilative
- feminine of assimilatif
Italian
Adjective
assimilative
- feminine plural of assimilativo