About The Word Adoptive
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Adoptive
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adoptive: adopted | foster | surrogate Related Terms | Find terms related to Adoptive: See Also | Adoptive In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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