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Adopt

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)

adopt

verb accept, ad sententiam, admit, adoptare, affiliate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attach oneself to, avail oneself of, borrow, choose, co-opt, conform to, constituere, denizenize, elect, embrace, espouse, exercise one's option, follow, foster, make one's own, naturalize, raise, seize, select, select as one's own, take, take on, take possession of, take up, try, usurp, utilize, vote to accept
Associated concepts: adopt a child, adopt a law, adopt a philosophy, legitimation, support

References in periodicals archive ?

The small percentage who were adopted and sent abroad, including the ones who shared their stories in the "Side by Side" project, have never mingled with other Korean adoptees by attending gatherings and such.

Building a shared family history for Korean adoptees

The Adoptee Citizenship Act addresses a serious loophole that has left several thousand foreign-born adoptees who were legally adopted by American parents without their rightful U.S.

United States : Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Introducing Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019

But older adoptees don't have the same opportunities.

Right to know identity of birth parents one of the last civil rights left unaddressed

SYS Korean adoptees are the direct result of the U.S.

Writing from the Uncanny Valley

Six themes emerged that were related to the lived experiences of transracial adoptees on the college campus: (1) Awareness of Adoptee Identity, (2) Pride in Adoptee Identity, (3) Avoidance of Adoptee Identity, (4) Difficult for Others to Understand Transracial Adoptee Identity, (5) "Balancing Two Worlds," and (6) Dealing With Others Perception of Transracial Adoptees.

"Balancing Two Worlds" Supporting Transracially Adopted Asian/American Students on the College Campus

the 18-year-old adoptee as she returns to China to live with her birth

Constructing and negotiating identity in "birth culture": an intercultural communication approach

But what if the adoptee has been found to be legally incapable of giving consent?

Consent not required: Missouri's adoption laws for incapacitated adults

In a hilariously modern coming-of-age tale, Stubb Marakas attempts to find his place in the world by embarking on a journey with his swashbuckling Korean adoptee best friend, Mark Conner.

Andrew Gretes: How to Dispose of Dead Elephants

To find potentially exposed persons, CDC collaborated with state and local health departments, the children's adoption agency, and airlines that carried the adoptees. Two additional measles cases were identified, one in a family member of an adoptee and one in a third adopted child from China.

Measles outbreak associated with adopted children from China--Missouri, Minnesota, and Washington, July 2013

In the Comfort of Shadows is about much more than family secrets, politics, adoptee struggles, or even self-discovery: ultimately it's about love past and present, the forces that shape it, and the results of its decisions.

In the Comfort of Shadows

Le President de la Commission de la legislation , de la justice et des droits de l'homme de l'Assemblee Nationale Tahani Tour Al-Dabba a presente la declaration du Soudan au cours de la quelle elle porte sur les legislation et les lois adoptee par le Parlement dans ce domaine et les mesures qui ont ete prises pour la mise en oeuvre des lois dans le domaine de la protection des enfants dans les zones de conflit .

Soudan participe aux reunions du Conseil des droits de l'homme a Geneve

In the Comfort of Shadows is about much more than family secrets, politics, adoptee struggles, or even self- discovery: ultimately it's about love past and present, the forces that shape it, and the results of its decisions.