 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adopted
adjective
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adopt \A*dopt"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adopted \A*dopt"ed\, adjective
Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,
citizen, country, word. -- {A*dopt"ed*ly}, adverb
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
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