adopt
[ uh-dopt ]
/ əˈdɒpt /
verb (used with object)
Verb Phrases
adopt out,
to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
Origin of adopt
OTHER WORDS FROM adopt
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Example sentences from the Web for unadopted
He who finds some unadopted specialty possesses a means of his own for getting a living.
Evolution in Modern Thought |Ernst HaeckelWe ought not to encourage any discrimination between the adopted and the unadopted illegitimate child.
Race Improvement : or, Eugenics : a Little Book on a Great Subject |La Reine Helen BakerHe who finds some unadopted speciality possesses a means of his own for getting a living.
Darwin and Modern Science |A.C. Seward and Others
British Dictionary definitions for unadopted (1 of 2)
unadopted
/ (ˌʌnəˈdɒptɪd) /
adjective
(of a child) not adopted
British
(of a road, etc) not maintained by a local authority
British Dictionary definitions for unadopted (2 of 2)
adopt
/ (əˈdɒpt) /
verb (tr)
law
to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
to take on; assume
to adopt a title
to accept (a report, etc)
Derived forms of adopt
adoptee, noun adopter, noun adoption, nounWord Origin for adopt
C16: from Latin
adoptāre to choose for oneself, from
optāre to choose