Definitions for: Adoptive


[adj] acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
[adj] of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: adopted, foster, surrogate

Antonyms: biological, native

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