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Definition of adopt
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Adopt (v. t.) To take by
choice
into
relationship,
as,
child,
heir,
friend,
citizen,
etc.; esp. to take
voluntarily
(a child of other
parents)
to be in the place of, or as, one's own
child..
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Stichwort
::
Stichometry
(n.)
Division
of the text of a book into
lines;
especially,
the
division
of the text of books into lines
accommodated
to the
sense,
-- a
method
of
writing
manuscripts
used
before
punctuation
was
adopted..
Listing
::
Listing
(n.) The
throwing
up of the soil into
ridges,
-- a
method
adopted
in the
culture
of beets and some
garden
crops..
Marcionite
::
Marcionite
(n.) A
follower
of
Marcion,
a
Gnostic
of the
second
century,
who
adopted
the
Oriental
notion
of the two
conflicting
principles,
and
imagined
that
between
them there
existed
a third
power,
neither
wholly
good nor evil, the
Creator
of the world and of man, and the God of the
Jewish
dispensation..
Filiate
::
Filiate
(v. t.) To adopt as son or
daughter;
to
establish
filiation
between.
Moor
::
Moor (n.) Any
individual
of the
swarthy
races of
Africa
or Asia which have
adopted
the
Mohammedan
religion.
Stopple
::
Stopping-out
(n.) A
method
adopted
in
etching,
to keep the acid from those parts which are
already
sufficiently
corroded,
by
applying
varnish
or other
covering
matter
with a
brush,
but
allowing
the acid to act on the other
parts..
Yen
::
Yen (n.) The unit of value and
account
in
Japan.
Since
Japan's
adoption
of the gold
standard,
in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50
cents.
The yen is equal to 100 sen..
Plutonist
::
Plutonist
(n.) One who
adopts
the
geological
theory
of
igneous
fusion;
a
Plutonian.
See
Plutonism.
Hypocaust
::
Hypocaust
(n.) A
furnace,
esp. one
connected
with a
series
of small
chambers
and flues of tiles or other
masonry
through
which the heat of a fire was
distributed
to rooms
above.
This
contrivance,
first used in bath, was
afterwards
adopted
in
private
houses..
Passage
::
Passage
(v. i.) In
parliamentary
proceedings:
(a) The
course
of a
proposition
(bill,
resolution,
etc.)
through
the
several
stages
of
consideration
and
action;
as,
during
its
passage
through
Congress
the bill was
amended
in both
Houses.
(b) The
advancement
of a bill or other
proposition
from one stage to
another
by an
affirmative
vote; esp., the final
affirmative
action
of the body upon a
proposition;
hence,
adoption;
enactment;
as, the
passage
of the bill to its third
reading
was
delayed..
Pursue
::
Pursue
(v. t.) To seek; to use or adopt
measures
to
obtain;
as, to
pursue
a
remedy
at law..
Fourierite
::
Fourierite
(n.) One who
adopts
the views of
Fourier.
Brumaire
::
Brumaire
(n.) The
second
month of the
calendar
adopted
by the first
French
republic.
It began
thirty
days after the
autumnal
equinox.
See
Vendemiaire.
Buddhism
::
Buddhism
(n.) The
religion
based upon the
doctrine
originally
taught
by the
Hindoo
sage
Gautama
Siddartha,
surnamed
Buddha,
the
awakened
or
enlightened,
in the sixth
century
b. c., and
adopted
as a
religion
by the
greater
part of the
inhabitants
of
Central
and
Eastern
Asia and the
Indian
Islands.
Buddha's
teaching
is
believed
to have been
atheistic;
yet it was
characterized
by
elevated
humanity
and
morality.
It
presents
release
from
existence
(a
beatific
enfranchisement,
Nirvana)
as the
greatest
Franc
::
Franc (a.) A
silver
coin of
France,
and since 1795 the unit of the
French
monetary
system.
It has been
adopted
by
Belgium
and
Swizerland.
It is
equivalent
to about
nineteen
cents,
or ten
pence,
and is
divided
into 100
centimes..
Tabard
::
Tabard
(n.) A sort of tunic or
mantle
formerly
worn for
protection
from the
weather.
When worn over the armor it was
commonly
emblazoned
with the arms of the
wearer,
and from this the name was given to the
garment
adopted
for
heralds..
Adopt
::
Adopt (v. t.) To take by
choice
into
relationship,
as,
child,
heir,
friend,
citizen,
etc.; esp. to take
voluntarily
(a child of other
parents)
to be in the place of, or as, one's own
child..
Ostracism
::
Ostracism
(n.)
Banishment
by
popular
vote, -- a means
adopted
at
Athens
to rid the city of a
person
whose
talent
and
influence
gave
umbrage..
Affiliation
::
Affiliation
(n.)
Adoption;
association
or
reception
as a
member
in or of the same
family
or
society.
Adopting
::
Adopting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adop.
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