What is the choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. Jer. Taylor called?
adoption — The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. Jer. Taylor. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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