Adoptive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]