adj. That tends to assimilate, or to produce assimilation
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adj. Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Tending to assimilate; producing assimilation; assimilative: as, assimilatory organs.
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adj. capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
Word Usage
"And this assimilatory process was racialized from its inception because no blacks and few Asians were permitted to take part, in the sense that they were excluded from regiments defined as white."