Adopted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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