a. [f. L. adoptāt- ppl. stem of adoptā-re to ADOPT + -IVE; as if ad. L. *adoptātīv-us.] Of or pertaining to adoption; adoptive.
1615. Bp. Hall, Contempl., IV. xxi. (1833), 395. A spiritual and adoptative sonship.
1875. McClellan, New Test., 623. Adoptative or other legal parentage, in opposition to the natural.
