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Webster 1913 Edition
Adoption
A-dop′tion
,Noun.
[L.
adoptio
, allied to adoptare
to adopt: cf. F. adoption
.] 1.
The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one’s own child.
2.
Admission to a more intimate relation; reception;
as, the
. adoption
of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another3.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance;
as, the
. adoption
of opinionsJer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adoption
ADOP'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of adopting, or the state of being adopted; the taking and treating of a stranger as one's own child.2.
The receiving as one's own, what is new or not natural.3.
God's taking the sinful children of men into his favor and protection.Adoption of arms, an ancient ceremony of presenting arms to one for his merit or valor, which laid the person under an obligation to defend the giver.
Adoption by baptism is the spiritual affinity which is contracted by god-fathers and god-children, in the ceremony of baptism. It was introduced into the Greek church, and afterwards among the ancient Franks. This affinity was supposed to entitle the god-child to a share of the god-father's estate.
Adoption by hair was performed by cutting off the hair of a person and giving it to the adoptive father. Thus Pope John VIII adopted Boson, king of Arles.
Adoption by matrimony is the taking the children of a wife or husband, by a former marriage, into the condition of natural children. This is a practice peculiar to the Germans; but is not so properly adoption as adfiliation.
Adoption by testament is the appointing of a person to be heir, by will, or condition of his taking the name, arms, &c. of the adopter.
In Europe, adoption is used for many kinds of admission to a more intimate relation, and is nearly equivalent to reception; as, the admission of persons into hospitals, or monasteries, or of one society into another.
Definition 2024
Adoption
Adoption
See also: adoption
German
Noun
Adoption f (genitive Adoption, plural Adoptionen)
- adoption (voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child)
adoption
adoption
See also: Adoption
English
Noun
adoption (plural adoptions)
- The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace:
- “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”
- A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.
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- Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.
- (computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
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Translations
act of adopting, or state of being adopted
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admission to a more intimate relation
choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so
transfer between old system to another
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Swedish
Noun
adoption c
Declension
| Inflection of adoption | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | adoption | adoptionen | adoptioner | adoptionerna |
| Genitive | adoptions | adoptionens | adoptioners | adoptionernas |
Related terms
References
- adoption in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)