Associations to the word «Assimilative»

Wiktionary

ASSIMILATIVE, adjective. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.

Dictionary definition

ASSIMILATIVE, adjective. Capable of mentally absorbing ; "assimilative processes", "assimilative capacity of the human mind".
ASSIMILATIVE, adjective. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley