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adoptive

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a·dop·tive  (-dptv)
adj.
1.
a. Of or having to do with adoption.
b. Characteristic of adoption.
2. Related by adoption: "increased honesty and sharing between birth families, adoptive families and adoptees" Robyn S. Quinter. See Usage Note at adopt.
a·doptive·ly adv.
adoptive
Adjective
1. acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father
2. of or relating to adoption
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.adoptive - of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"
biological - of parents and children; related by blood; "biological child"
2.adoptive - acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
adopted
Translations
Spanish adoptive [əˈdɔptɪv] adj → adoptivo
German adoptive [əˈdɔptɪv] adopt adj (parents etc) → Adoptiv-;
adoptive country → Wahlheimat f
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As Philolaus gave them laws concerning many other things, so did he upon adoption, which they call adoptive laws; and this he in particular did to preserve the number of families.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Under these reasonable limitations, the door of this part of the federal government is open to merit of every description, whether native or adoptive, whether young or old, and without regard to poverty or wealth, or to any particular profession of religious faith.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
After twelve years of banishment from the land of their first allegiance, during which they had been under an adoptive and temporary subjection to another sovereign, they must naturally have been led to reflect upon the relative rights and duties of allegiance and subjection.
John Quincy Adams,"Orations" by Adams, John Quincy View in context
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