Sentence example with the word 'adoptive'

adoptive

Definition adj. of parents and children

Last update: September 5, 2015


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Apparently his greatest concern was the fact that his mother was married to his adoptive father at the time he was conceived.   [Please select]

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[1274b] As Philolaus gave them laws concerning many other things, so did he upon adoption, which they call adoptive laws; and this he in particular did to preserve the number of families.   [Please select]

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Having thanked the landlord for his kindness, and promised to obey him, as his adoptive father, in all things, Don Quixote at once prepared to perform the vigil of arms.   [Please select]

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"But if--as would undoubtedly happen--each adoptive parent spent his six months in undoing the other's work, it must follow that, at the end of any given period, the child's mind would be a mere _tabula rasa_."   [Please select]

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It is understood, then, that the child, Tristram Salt, remains under the care of Captain Barker, your friend, and his adoptive father--" "Not at all.   [Please select]

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