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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of parents and children; related by adoption;
- Example: "adoptive parents"

2. acquired as your own by free choice;
- Example: "my adopted state"
- Example: "an adoptive country"
[syn: adopted, adoptive]



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]


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]