ppl. a. and sb. Obs. [ad. L. assimilānt-em, pr. pple. of assimilāre: see ASSIMILATE and -ANT.] A. adj. Assimilating, rare–0. B. sb. An assimilating agent.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VI. 195. The more these Humours are heated … the more willingly they turn to the Assimilants side.
