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Definition of Adopting
1. adopt [v] - See also: adopt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adopting
Literary usage of Adopting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eloquence of the United States by Ebenezer Bancroft Williston (1827)
"In the conventions subsequently assembled, the expediency of adopting the
constitution was discussed with great ability and eloquence; The wisdom,genius and ..."
2. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1894)
"No difference in the grades was noticed in the turpentine, both being classed as
virgin dip.- COST OF adopting THE FRENCH SYSTEM. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"We think it right that the scientific professions should know the attitude which
the conductors of some newspapers consider themselves justified in adopting ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... they easily imposed on the credulity of the vulgar,- and were countenanced,
in some measure, by the custom of adopting the name of their patron, ..."
5. Annual Report by Fairmount Park Art Association (1903)
"A two-thirds vote of all the members in good standing present and voting shall
be necessary for the adopting of any addition, alteration or amendment to the ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"The English, Welsh, and Irish historians, who had a special quarrel with Boece
for the antiquity which he ascribed to the Scots by adopting as historic the ..."
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