Definition of Adopteon
A*dop"tion (&?;), n. [L. adoptio,
allied to adoptare to adopt: cf. F. adoption.]
1. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted;
voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's
own child.
2. Admission to a more intimate relation;
reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or
monasteries, or of one society into another.
3. The choosing and making that to be one's own
which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of
opinions. Jer. Taylor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
- Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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