Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characteristic of or having to do with adoption.
- adjective Related by adoption.
- adjective Being a place that one has moved to or resettled in.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fitted for or given to adopting: as, a receptive and adoptive language. Constituted by adoption; adopting or adopted: as, an adoptive father or son. Assumed: as, “adoptive and cheerful boldness,” Milton, Ref. in Eng., i.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Related through
adoption ; more generally, relating to adoption.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective acquired as your own by free choice
- adjective of parents and children; related by adoption
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Examples
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As Philolaus gave them laws concerning many other things, so did he upon adoption, which they call adoptive laws; and this he in particular did to preserve the number of families.
Politics: A Treatise on Government 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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But, as the mere fact of the unction does not effect a radical unification (for this schools rejects absorption), the unification is made perfect, according to them, by what they call the adoptive birth of Christ -- the ultimate result of the unction of the Father.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Second, if Diamond was correct then forager children raised in adoptive Western homes should become as smart as or, indeed, smarter than their white siblings.
Is Economic Growth Genetic?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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* Absent or divorced parents; inadequate bonding in adoptive families
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The concept by which state and local law enforcement agencies still circumvent the Missouri Constitution is known as "adoptive forfeiture."
Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2011
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In short-term adoptive transfer experiments S1P1-deficient mature B cells accumulated in the BM, but a role for S1P1 in egress was not established
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles João Pedro Pereira et al. 2010
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Danny picked up the phone and called their adoptive mother, June, on her cell phone, and told her what happened.
The Three Furies Kaza Kingsley 2010
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"We call adoptive him who is stranger to the adopter."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Kalos said past efforts to use the technique, known as "adoptive T-cell transfer," failed either because the T-cell response was too weak or proved too toxic for normal tissue.
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"As we speak, my officials are calling adoptive parents as we identify which children are on the flight," Kenney said Saturday.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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