Antonyms for adopted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-dopt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈdɒpt

Definition of adopted

Origin : c.1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter or directly from Latin adoptare "take by choice, choose for oneself, select, choose" (especially a child). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c.1600. Related: Adopted; adopting.

verb choose or take something as one's own
verb legally care for another's child

Example sentences :

"I am Eudora, the adopted daughter of Phidias," rejoined the maiden.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

"Some slaves have been publicly registered as adopted children," said Eudora.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

During that ten days, and later, he adopted a systematic plan of work.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

With a firm and unanimous voice the resolution to follow him was adopted.
Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James

I adopted the name "Thompson," from my new master, which I have since retained.
Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

To Pope's corrections, which Garth adopted, Mason had added a comment.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

He adopted the gentle, almost tender tone that made most women his slaves.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

When he adopted it, I knew he was lying, because I was lying myself.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

We have adopted this system in all respects but one, and that the vital one.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Such a proceeding was not unlikely; it was not, however, the one she adopted.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Synonyms for adopted

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