All 11 Uses of
adopt
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of all people adopting a boy!†
p. 5.9adopting = taking on as one's own
- And I know another case where an adopted boy used to suck the eggs—they couldn't break him of it.†
p. 7.2adopted = took on as one's own
- But there, SHE wouldn't shrink from adopting a whole orphan asylum if she took it into her head.†
p. 7.9adopting = taking on as one's own
- Said you and your sister were adopting her from an orphan asylum and that you would be along for her presently.†
p. 10.8
- I was under the impression that Mr. and Miss Cuthbert wanted a little girl to adopt.†
p. 44.5adopt = take on as one's own
- Did you ever suppose you'd see the day when you'd be adopting an orphan girl?†
p. 47.6adopting = taking on as one's own
- Matthew Cuthbert, it's about time somebody adopted that child and taught her something.†
p. 51.6adopted = took on as one's own
- And this is the little girl you have adopted, I suppose?
p. 83.2 *adopted = legally took on parental responsibilities for another person's child
- Just imagine if you were a poor little orphan girl that kind people had adopted and you had just one bosom friend in all the world.†
p. 125.7adopted = took on as one's own
- "I thought Marilla Cuthbert was an old fool when I heard she'd adopted a girl out of an orphan asylum," she said to herself, "but I guess she didn't make much of a mistake after all."
p. 230.4adopted = legally took on parental responsibilities for another person's child
- I told him you were an orphan that the Cuthberts had adopted, and nobody knew very much about what you'd been before that.†
p. 273.4adopted = took 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