(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:39:29

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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