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Adopt
Adopt
v. t.
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
.
Adopt
v. t.
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
.
Adoptable
a.
Capable
of
being
adopted
.
Adopted
imp. & p. p.
of
Adopt
Adopted
a.
Taken
by
adoption
;
taken
up as
one
's
own
; as, an
adopted
son
,
citizen
,
country
,
word
.
Adopter
n.
One
who
adopts
.
Adopter
n.
A
receiver
,
with
two
necks
,
opposite
to
each
other
,
one
of
which
admits
the
neck
of a
retort
,
and
the
other
is
joined
to
another
receiver
. It is
used
in
distillations
, to
give
more
space
to
elastic
vapors
, to
increase
the
length
of
the
neck
of a
retort
, or to
unite
two
vessels
whose
openings
have
different
diameters
.
Adopting
p. pr. & vb. n.
of
Adopt
Adoption
n.
The
act
of
adopting
, or
state
of
being
adopted
;
voluntary
acceptance
of a
child
of
other
parents
to be
the
same
as
one
's
own
child
.
Adoption
n.
Admission
to a
more
intimate
relation
;
reception
; as,
the
adoption
of
persons
into
hospitals
or
monasteries
, or of
one
society
into
another
.
Adoption
n.
The
choosing
and
making
that
to be
one
's
own
which
originally
was
not
so;
acceptance
; as,
the
adoption
of
opinions
.
Adoptionist
n.
One
of a
sect
which
maintained
that
Christ
was
the
Son
of
God
not
by
nature
but
by
adoption
.
Adoptious
a.
Adopted
.
Adoptive
a.
Pertaining
to
adoption
;
made
or
acquired
by
adoption
;
fitted
to
adopt
; as, an
adoptive
father
, an
child
; an
adoptive
language
.
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