adopted
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- v choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- v take up and practice as one's own
- v take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- v take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
he adopted an air of superiority - v take into one's family
They adopted two children from Nicaragua - v put into dramatic form
- v take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
They adopted the Jewish faith - a acquired as your own by free choice
my adopted state
- Citing her emotional problems, a Dutch diplomat couple gave their adopted Korean daughter back to Hong Kong's social welfare bureau, sparking outrage in Asia and Europe.
- Pham Quang Sang (left), the 3-year-old Vietnamese boy who was adopted by actress Angelina Jolie (right).
- A new study shows that adopted kids are more likely to require mental health help as teens than non-adopted ones.