adoptee

adoptee
adopt VERB 1) legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own. 2) choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3) Brit. choose as a candidate for office. 4) assume (an attitude or position). 5) formally approve or accept.
DERIVATIVES adoptable adjective adoptee noun adopter noun adoption noun.
ORIGIN Latin adoptare, from optare 'choose' .

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  • adoptee — adopt·ee /ə ˌdäp tē/ n: a person who is adopted Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • adoptée — ● adopté, adoptée adjectif et nom Qui a fait l objet d une adoption. ● adopté, adoptée (synonymes) adjectif et nom Qui a fait l objet d une adoption. Contraires : adoptant …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • adoptee — noun a) An adopted son or daughter. A foster child. An adult Chinese female adoptee has found her biological parents. b) A person who was adopted as a child …   Wiktionary

  • adoptee — noun Date: 1892 one who is adopted …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • adoptee — /euh dop tee , ad op /, n. a person who is adopted. [1890 95; ADOPT + EE] * * * …   Universalium

  • adoptee — n. one who is adopted, one who has been taken and raised as part of a family (of a child) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • adoptee — adop·tee …   English syllables

  • adoptee — a•dopt•ee [[t]ə dɒpˈti, ˌæd ɒp [/t]] n. cvb a person who is adopted • Etymology: 1890 …   From formal English to slang

  • adoptee — /ədɒpˈti/ (say uhdop tee) noun an adopted child …  

  • adoptee — noun someone (such as a child) who has been adopted • Derivationally related forms: ↑adopt • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑soul …   Useful english dictionary

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