v. t.
a. Capable of being adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own;
n.
n. [ L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption. ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adopted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif. ] Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt;