adoptive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {adoptive}] [ant:
       {native}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

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