All 9 Uses of
adopt
in
Why I Live at the P.O.
- She says, "Why, Mama, Shirley-T. s adopted, I can prove it."†
- She said, "Sister, I don't need to tell you you got a lot of nerve and always did have and I'll thank you to make no future reference to my adopted child whatsoever."†
- "I asked you the instant I entered this house not to refer one more time to my adopted child, and you gave me your word of honor you would not," was all Stella-Rondo would say, and started pulling out every one of her eyebrows with some cheap Kress tweezers.†
- Or poor little adopted Shirley-T. Shame on you!†
- If you had I would of been just as overjoyed to see you and your little adopted girl as I was to see Stella-Rondo, when you wound up with your separation and came on back home.†
- Then I said, "Besides, you know as well as I do that that child is not adopted."†
- "She most certainly is adopted," says Mama, stiff as a poker.†
- She believed it was adopted.†
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- "Oh, I declare," says Mama, "to think that a family of mine should quarrel on the Fourth of July, or the day after, over Stella-Rondo leaving old Mr. Whitaker and having the sweetest little adopted child!†
Definition:
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(adopt) to take on as one's ownThe 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