Nearby Words
Adopting www.americanadoptions.com Call 1-800-ADOPTION or Visit Our Easy To Use Website.
CA Private Baby Adoption www.allforyouadoption.com/CA Caring Adoption Support Staff Call Now 888-583-9064 Live Chat
Christian - Adopt 4 Me www.adopt4me.com Considering New Born Baby Adoption? Quality Christian Adoption Service.
Ads
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase1.
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.
EXPANDto vote to accept: The House adopted the report.
6.
COLLAPSEto 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.
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Adopting
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To adopting
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
adopt
1540s, from Fr. adopter (14c.), from L. adoptare "choose for oneself" (esp. a child); see adoption. Or perhaps a back-formation from Eng. adoption. Originally in Eng. also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to
EXPAND embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c.1600.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Matching Quote
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.