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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [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"
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