absorptive /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […] — 1939 noun1 •Any substance that absorbs. formsabsorptives · more absorptive · most absorptive