adoptive

2 definitions found

adoptive - 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]

adoptive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]