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adoptive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adopted |
| Derivation | adopt |
an adoptive country.
adoptive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | adopt |
adoptive parents.
Examples of adoptive
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No sooner does April's adoptive mother pass away than her bio-mom comes forward.
From the philly.com
Several people using the safe haven law have been adoptive parents or guardians.
From the omaha.com
The children live with their adoptive parents, Kevin and Denise Needham of Apex.
From the newsobserver.com
There is adoption, and there is no shortage of adoptive parents in this country.
From the economist.com
My well-intentioned adoptive parents felt that this was too risky an occupation.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Adoptive parents are usually people who cannot wait to love and nurture a child.
From the dailyherald.com
Or would it be all right to try to get in contact with the adoptive parents now?
From the washingtonpost.com
His adoptive mother died when he was 3, so he was raised by his adoptive father.
From the stltoday.com
The agency lost the lawsuit and no longer serves adoptive parents in California.
From the us.cnn.com
- Of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"
- Adopted: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
- Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another who is not kin and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents. ...
- (Adoptions) a practice in Nauvoo but later abandoned
- Adoptive arms are those held by a person not by right of descent or in virtue of himself, but merely by the gift or consent of another.
