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 Definitions for Adopted: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Adopted \A*dopt"ed\, a.
Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,
citizen, country, word. -- {A*dopt"ed*ly}, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adopted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adopting.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.
F. adopter. See Option.]
1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,
friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child
of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own
child.
[1913 Webster]
2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;
to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or
policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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adopted
adj 1: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an
adoptive country" [syn: adoptive] [ant: native]
2: having been taken into a specific relationship; "an adopted
child"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "adopted":
Americanized, Anglicized, accepted, acculturated, acculturized,
appointed, approved, assimilated, carried, chosen, designated,
elect, elected, elected by acclamation, embraced, espoused,
handpicked, indoctrinated, named, naturalized, nominated, passed,
picked, ratified, select, selected, unanimously elected
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