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adoptee

[uh-dop-tee, ad-op-]

a·dopt·ee

[uh-dop-tee, ad-op-]
noun
a person who is adopted.

Origin:
1890–95; adopt + -ee
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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adopt (əˈdɒpt)
 
vb
1.  law 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)
 
[C16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose]
 
adop'tee
 
n
 
a'dopter
 
n
 
a'doption
 
n

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