[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adopted \adopt"ed\, a.
   taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,
   citizen, country, word. -- adopt"edly, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
adopt"edly 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adopt \adopt"\, 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
see also:
adopted adopting option 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"
see also:
adoptive native 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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