| Pronunciation: | | u'dâptiv
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- [adj] acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
- [adj] of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"
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ADOPTIVE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | adopted, foster, surrogate |
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| | Antonyms: | | biological, native |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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