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adoptive
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[əˈdɒptɪv], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a child or parent) in that relationship by adoption
(e.g: he is the adoptive father of his wife's three children)
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Origin
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late Middle English: via Old French from Latin adoptivus, from adoptare ‘select for oneself’ (see adopt)
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