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Adoptable
Adoptable A*dopt"a*ble, a.
Capable of being adopted.
AdopterAdopter A*dopt"er, n.
1. One who adopts.
2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each
other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the
other is joined to another receiver. It is used in
distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to
increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite
two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
[Written also adapter.] Adoptionist
Adoptionist A*dop"tion*ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God
not by nature but by adoption.
Adoptious
Adoptious A*dop"tious, a.
Adopted. [Obs.]
AdoptiveAdoptive A*dopt"ive, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]
Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted
to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive
language. -- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv. Adoptive fatherFather Fa"ther, n. [OE. fader, AS. f[ae]der; akin to OS.
fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa?ir Sw. & Dan.
fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. ?????, Skr. pitr, perh. fr.
Skr. p[=a] protect. ???,???. Cf. Papa, Paternal,
Patriot, Potential, Pablum.]
1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
generator; a male parent.
A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or
family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.
David slept with his fathers. --1 Kings ii.
10.
Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16.
3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,
affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
I was a father to the poor. --Job xxix.
16.
He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house. --Gen. xiv. 8.
4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.
And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him
[Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!
--2 Kings
xiii. 14.
5. A senator of ancient Rome.
6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a
confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest;
also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a
legislative assembly, etc.
Bless you, good father friar ! --Shak.
7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first
centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as
the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a
producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any
art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or
teacher.
The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
--Gen. iv. 21.
Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak.
The father of good news. --Shak.
9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first
person in the Trinity.
Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9.
Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent
down his eye. --Milton.
Adoptive father, one who adopts the child of another,
treating it as his own.
Apostolic father, Conscript fathers, etc. See under
Apostolic, Conscript, etc.
Father in God, a title given to bishops.
Father of lies, the Devil.
Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar.
Fathers of the city, the aldermen.
Father of the Faithful.
(a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9.
(b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.
Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who
has had the longest continuous service.
Most Reverend Father in God, a title given to archbishops
and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and
York.
Natural father, the father of an illegitimate child.
Putative father, one who is presumed to be the father of an
illegitimate child; the supposed father.
Spiritual father.
(a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in
leading a soul to God.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the
sacrament of penance.
The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.), the pope. AdoptivelyAdoptive A*dopt"ive, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]
Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted
to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive
language. -- A*dopt"ive*ly, adv. Readopt
Readopt Re`a*dopt", v. t.
To adopt again. --Young.
Meaning of Adopt from wikipedia
- Code of Hammurabi, for example,
details the
rights of
adopters and the
responsibilities of
adopted individuals at length. The
practice of
adoption in ancient...
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either a
parent adopting a child, or a
child getting adopted, but as the game was
developed further, its
focus shifted to
being about adopting and
caring for...
- The
Adopt-a-Highway program, and the very
similar Sponsor-a-Highway, are
promotional campaigns undertaken by U.S. states,
provinces and
territories of...
- An
early adopter or
lighthouse customer is an
early customer of a
given company, product, or technology. The term
originates from
Everett M. Rogers' Diffusion...
- The
Adopted (French: Les
adoptés) is a 2011
French drama film
directed and co-written by Mélanie Laurent. It
stars Marie Denarnaud,
Denis Ménochet, Laurent...
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Adopted is a 2009
American independent mockumentary film
starring comedian Pauly S**** as
himself "going to
Africa to
adopt a child, à la
Madonna and...
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Adopt-A-Minefield is a
United Kingdom-based
charity which raises awareness about landmines and
their ****ociated problems, and
raises funds to
clear minefields...
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Childebert III the
Adopted (Childebertus Adoptivus) was a
Frankish king.
Childebert was a son of the
Mayor of the
Palace Grimoald the Elder. He was thus...
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Adopting Terror is a 2012
drama thriller television film
directed by
Micho Rutare and
starring Sean Astin,
Samaire Armstrong, and
Monet Mazur. It was released...
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Adopt a
Highway is a 2019
American drama film
written and
directed by
Logan Marshall-Green in his
directorial debut. It
stars Ethan Hawke,
Elaine Hendrix...
