ADOPT, ADOPTING, ADOPTION, ADOPTIVE
ADJECTIVES
► ADOPTANT adopting → 1671 obs.
► ADOPTATIVE pert. to adoption; adoptive → 1615
► ADOPTIOUS 1. connected with adoption → 1601 obs.
2. adopted; assumed → 1623 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
► ADOPTANT a person who adopts, or takes a child as his own → 1671 obs.
VERBS
► ADOPTATE to adopt → 1662 obs.
► DOPT to adopt → 1607 obs.
► TAKE TO to adopt → 1890 Eng. dial.
Lexicophilia 