In a adoptive manner; by adoption.

plural of adoptability

plural of adopter

The property of being adoptable.

(transitive) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. / (transitive) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.

present participle of adopt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt

simple past tense and past participle of adopt

Related through adoption. / Pertaining to adoption.

The act of adopting. / The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.