D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Adoptive

/əd-äp'-tĭv/ · A·dopt·ive · IPA /əˈdɒptɪv/
01 a. Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.