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Adoptees
- noun - someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
Adopters
- noun - a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
Adopting
- verb - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
- take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
Adoption
- noun - a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
- the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
Adoptive
- adjective - acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country"
- of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents"
Adorable
- adjective - lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
Adorably
- adverb - in an adorable manner; "the toddler behaved adorably"
Adorning
- verb - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"