English

Adjective

absorptive ‎(comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]^[1]
   • 1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939:

     In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]

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1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9