adoption
noun
/əˈdɑp.ʃən/
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/əˈdɒp.ʃən/
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- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
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adoption
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- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance.
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anammande,
adoption
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adopt
verb
/əˈdɑpt/
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/əˈdɒpt/
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- To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
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adoptera
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- To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
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anamma
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adoptive
adjective
/əˈdɒptɪv/
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- Related through adoption.
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adoptiv
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