Crossword-Solution: ADOPTIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Adoptive | a. | Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “ADOPTIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Adjective for some parents | 1 answer |
| Kind of mother or father | 1 answer |
| Like Clark Kent's parents | 1 answer |
| Certain parents | 2 answers |
| Kind of parent | 3 answers |
| Like some parents | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
NCEROA
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ADOPTIVE (5)
The position of an adopted son towards his adoptive father is one full of delicacy; where a man lends his name he looks for great consideration.
But our worst mistake was a slight we put on Toma, Hoka’s adoptive father, and in his own eyes the rightful chief of Anaho.
And I shall have to tell in another place an instance of the opposite: how a child in Manihiki having taken a fancy to myself, her adoptive parents at once accepted the situation and loaded me with gifts.
Queen she is usually called, but in the official almanac she figures as ‘_Madame Vaekehu_, _Grande Chefesse_.’ His son (natural or adoptive, I know not which), Stanislao Moanatini, chief of Akaui, serves in Tai-o-hae as a kind of Minister of Public Works; and the daughter of Stanislao is High Chiefess of the southern island of Tauata.
For the adoption of an infant I believe no formality to be required; the child is handed over by the natural parents, and grows up to inherit the estates of the adoptive.
Quotes with ADOPTIVE (3)
She turned back to Jace. "Do you have to be so-," she began, but stopped when she saw his face. It looked stripped down, oddly vulnerable." Unpleasant?" he finishes for her. "Only at days when my adoptive mother tosses me out of the house with instructions never to darken her door again. Usually I'm remarkably good-natured. Try me on any day that doesn't end in y.
I believe one of the most sacrificial acts of love adoptive parents can do is to give up their preconceptions and agendas about what their child's views "should" be and be open to hear the conflicting emotions and thoughts their child often experiences.
The adoptee benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are not unwittingly encouraged to compete to possess him. Nor are his birth parents punished and banished from a place in his life.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1995–2016).