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1.                 From 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]