[W/K] :: adopted

  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.
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  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.
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     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.
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  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"

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "adopted":
     Americanized, Anglicized, accepted, acculturated, acculturized,
     appointed, approved, assimilated, carried, chosen, designated,
     elect, elected, elected by acclamation, embraced, espoused,
     handpicked, indoctrinated, named, naturalized, nominated, passed,
     picked, ratified, select, selected, unanimously elected