Other Words for Adopt

Adopt Verb Synonyms
take (in), accept, take or accept as one's own
Carol and her husband have adopted two children.

take, take up or on or over, embrace, espouse, arrogate, appropriate
All Hugh's ideas are adopted from others - he's never had one of his own.

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Decree of Adoption

Lifestyle / Adoption / Decree of Adoption: A legal order that finalizes an adoption. MORE

Adoption Subsidies

Lifestyle / Adoption / Adoption Subsidies: Federal or state adoption benefits (also known as adoption assistance) designed to help offset the short- and long-term costs associated with adopting children who need special services. To be eligibl MORE

Equitable Adoption

Lifestyle / Adoption / Equitable Adoption: The legal process used in some states to establish inheritance rights of a child, when the prospective adoptive parent had entered into an oral contract to adopt the child and the child was placed wit MORE

Semi-Open Adoption

Lifestyle / Adoption / Semi-Open Adoption: An adoption in which a child's birth parents and pre-adoptive parents may exchange primarily non-identifying information. After the child is placed in the adoptive home, contact with the birth family MORE

Adoption Benefits

Lifestyle / Adoption / Adoption Benefits: Compensation to workers through employer-sponsored programs. Some examples of such benefits are financial assistance or monetary reimbursement for the expenses of adopting a child, or provision of 'pa MORE

Adoption Attorney

Lifestyle / Adoption / Adoption Attorney: Lawyers who arrange adoptive placements and specialize in adoption. MORE