"assimilative" in the adjective sense
1. assimilative
capable of mentally absorbing
"assimilative processes"
"assimilative capacity of the human mind"
2. assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory
capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
"an assimilative substance"
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