adopted, adoptive
(adjective) acquired as your own by free choice; “my adopted state”; “an adoptive country”
adoptive
(adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption; “adoptive parents”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adoptive (not comparable)
Related through adoption; more generally, relating to adoption.
Source: Wiktionary
A*dopt"ive, a. Etym: [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
