Part 184

<hw>A*dop"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adoptio</ets>, allied to <ets>adoptare</ets> to adopt: cf. F. <ets>adoption</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; <as>as, the <ex>adoption</ex> of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; <as>as, the <ex>adoption</ex> of opinions</as>.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Adoptionist</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dop"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.</def>

<h1>Adoptious</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dop"tious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adopted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Adoptive</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dopt"ive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adoptivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adoptif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; <as>as, an <ex>adoptive</ex> father, an child; an <ex>adoptive</ex> language.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*dopt"ive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Adorability</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dor`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adorableness.</def>

<h1>Adorable</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dor"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adorabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>adorare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adorable</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>adorable</b> Author of Christianity. <i>Cheyne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Worthy of the utmost love or respect.</def>

<h1>Adorableness</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dor"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Adorably</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dor"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an adorable manner.</def>

<h1>Adoration</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adoratio</ets>, fr. <ets>adorare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adoration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.</def>

<blockquote>The more immediate objects of popular <b>adoration</b> amongst the heathens were deified human beings. <i>Farmer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.</def>

<blockquote> might have been chosen on the spot by <b>adoration</b>. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adore</h1> <Xpage=24>