All 16 Uses of
adopt
in
Great Expectations
- And you are adopted by a rich person?†
Chpt 19adopted = took on as one's own
- Only adopted.†
Chpt 22
- You said just now that Estella was not related to Miss Havisham, but adopted.†
Chpt 22
- When adopted?†
Chpt 22
- She had adopted Estella, she had as good as adopted me, and it could not fail to be her intention to bring us together.†
Chpt 29
- She had adopted Estella, she had as good as adopted me, and it could not fail to be her intention to bring us together.†
Chpt 29
- I adopted her, to be loved.†
Chpt 29
- "Mother by adoption," retorted Estella, never departing from the easy grace of her attitude, never raising her voice as the other did, never yielding either to anger or tenderness,—"mother by adoption, I have said that I owe everything to you.†
Chpt 38adoption = the act of taking something on as one's own
- "Mother by adoption," retorted Estella, never departing from the easy grace of her attitude, never raising her voice as the other did, never yielding either to anger or tenderness,—"mother by adoption, I have said that I owe everything to you.†
Chpt 38
- If you had brought up your adopted daughter wholly in the dark confinement of these rooms, and had never let her know that there was such a thing as the daylight by which she had never once seen your face,—if you had done that, and then, for a purpose had wanted her to understand the daylight and know all about it, you would have been disappointed and angry?†
Chpt 38adopted = took on as one's own
- Why do you injuriously introduce the name of my mother by adoption?†
Chpt 44adoption = the act of taking something on as one's own
- I asked him if he had ever seen Miss Havisham's adopted daughter, Mrs. Bentley Drummle.†
Chpt 48adopted = took on as one's own
- She herself knows nothing, but that she was left an orphan and I adopted her.†
Chpt 49
- I asked her to give me some information relative to her adopted daughter, and she gave me all she possessed.†
Chpt 51 *
- I know more of the history of Miss Havisham's adopted child than Miss Havisham herself does, sir.†
Chpt 51
- Put the case that, at the same time he held a trust to find a child for an eccentric rich lady to adopt and bring up.†
Chpt 51adopt = take on as one's own
Definition:
to take on as one's own
The exact meaning of adopt depends upon its context. For example:
- "adopt a child" -- to legally take on parental responsibilities for another person's child
- "adopt a plan" -- to accept or begin to use something
- "adopt a pet" -- to take in a pet -- especially one from an animal shelter
- "Congress adopted the resolution." -- had a formal vote and passed
- "adopted a confident attitude" -- took on or displayed