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Definition of Adopted
1. Adjective. Acquired as your own by free choice. "An adoptive country"
Definition of Adopted
1. a. Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.
Definition of Adopted
1. Verb. (past of adopt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adopted
1. adopt [v] - See also: adopt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adopted
Literary usage of Adopted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"His parents being in humble circumstances he was adopted in infancy by Mr.
Joseph Pryce, the benevolent squire of Dorrington, near Shrewsbury, ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"GEOGRAPHICAL EDUCATION : MEASURES adopted BY THE COUNCIL. river. From a report,
dated 26th March, 1886, from Jujuy, and communicated by the French Minister ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"adopted. The burning process was found satisfactory as a means of ... The kiln
process was adopted with all houses irrespective of individual infection. ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"... formed by the head n the medical department in this country of tin prevailing
diseases, and of the success of the treatment adopted by his officers, ..."
5. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1920)
"As a base for realization the actual percentage of sizes for fresh-mined coal
for the 6-mo. period was adopted. This percentage is given in Table 1. ..."
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