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adjective
- of or involving adoption.
- acquired or related by adoption: an adoptive father or son.
- tending to adopt.
adjective
- acquired or related by adoptionan adoptive father
- of or relating to adoptionCompare adopted
early 15c., from Middle French adoptif, from Latin adoptivus “pertaining to adoption,” from stem of adoptere (see adopt).
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