- 1. a. Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. Source: opted
- 2. adj. of parents and children; related by adoption Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. acquired as your own by free choice Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted toadopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.-- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 a. of parents and children; related by adoption Source: ecdict
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