Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adoptive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adoptive \A*dopt"ive\, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]
Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted
to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive
language. -- {A*dopt"ive*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adoptive
adj 1: of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive
parents" [ant: {biological}]
2: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an
adoptive country" [syn: {adopted}] [ant: {native}]
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