adopted

UK: /əˈdɒptɪd/

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adopted / əˈdɒptɪd/ adjective

1. having been adopted
   Compare adoptive

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a•dopt /əˈdɑpt/   v. [~ + object]

1. to take up and use or practice:
   to adopt a nickname; adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
2. to take and rear (the child of others) as one's own child, esp. by a formal legal act:
   to adopt a baby.
3. to accept formally:
   The committee adopted the report.

a•dopt•a•bil•i•ty, n. [uncountable]
a•dopt•a•ble, adj. 
a•dopt•er, n. [countable] See -opt-.

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a•dopt  (ə dopt′), v.t. 

1. to choose or take as one's own;
   make one's own by selection or assent:
   to adopt a nickname.
2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
3. to take or receive into any kind of new relationship:
   to adopt a person as a protégé.
4. to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.
5. to vote to accept:
   The House adopted the report.
6. to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
7. adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:
   The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.

• Latin adoptāre, equivalent. to ad- ad- + optāre to opt
• Middle French adopter)
• (1490–1500

a•dopt′er, n. 

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adopt / əˈdɒpt/ verb (transitive)

1. to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
2. to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
3. to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
4. to take on; assume: to adopt a title
5. to accept (a report, etc)

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose

ˌadopˈtee noun

aˈdopter noun

aˈdoption noun