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Definitions for Unadopted
[1] to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
[2] to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
[3] to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé.
[4] to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.
[5] to vote to accept: The House adopted the report.
[6] to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
[7] adopt out , to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
[8] (of a child) not adopted
[9] British (of a road, etc) not maintained by a local authority
[10] law to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child
[11] to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
[12] to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own
[13] to take on; assume to adopt a title
[14] to accept (a report, etc)
Words nearby Unadopted
adoptadon olam, adonai, adonic, adonijah, adonis, adopt, adoptable, adopted, adoptee, adoption, adoption curve
Origin of Unadopted
adopt1490–1500; (< Middle French adopter ) < Latin adoptāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + optāre to opt
Words that may be confused with Unadopted
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, adoptadapt, adept, adopt, adopted, adoptive
Other words from Unadopted
a·dopt·er , noun
non·a·dopt·er , noun
pre·a·dopt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-a·dopt , verb (used with object)
qua·si-a·dopt·ed , adjective
re·a·dopt , verb (used with object)
un·a·dopt·ed , adjective
well-a·dopt·ed , adjective
Word origin for Unadopted
adoptC16: from Latin adoptāre to choose for oneself, from optāre to choose