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To accept, appropriate, choose, or select, as to adopt a child. To consent to and put into effect, as to adopt a constitution or a law. adopt v. 1) to take on the relationship of parent to child of another person, particularly (but not necessarily) a minor, by official legal action. 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another defendant's argument in a lawsuit. (See: adoption) |
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It is also true that many adoptees are searching for their natural
family. In 1992, there were 6,536 international adoptees brought to the
United States. On the cultural front, as the first numerically significant
generation of adoptees from the developing world hits adulthood, we have
included a package on transnational adoption. |
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