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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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