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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

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"

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)