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ADOPTED

\ɐdˈɒptɪd], \ɐdˈɒptɪd], \ɐ_d_ˈɒ_p_t_ɪ_d]\

Definitions of ADOPTED

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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