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Meaning of ADOPTED

Pronunciation:  ud'âptud

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
  2. [adj]  having been taken into a specific relationship; "an adopted child"
 
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 Synonyms: adoptive
 
 Antonyms: native
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: accepted, acculturated, acculturized, Americanized, Anglicized, 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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