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Definition: Adeptist

Adeptist \A*dept"ist\, n.
A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]
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Definition: Adonis

Adonis \A*do"nis\ ([.a]*d[=o]"n[i^]s), n. [L., gr. Gr.
'A`dwnis.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He
was killed in the chase by a wild boar.
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2. A pre["e]minently beautiful young man; a dandy.
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3. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family {Ranunculace[ae]},
containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); --
named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained
the flower.
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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: adonis

adonis
n 1: any handsome young man
2: annual or perennial herbs [syn: genus Adonis]
3: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, the
goddess of love

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Definition: Adopting

Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adopted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adopting.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.
F. adopter. See Option.]
1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,
friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child
of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own
child.
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2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;
to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or
policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
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Dictionary: quick_english-indonesian
Definition: adopt

mengangkat, menyetujui

Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: adopt

adopt
v 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies,
strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist
movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
[syn: follow, espouse]
2: take up and practice as one's own [syn: borrow, take over,
take up]
3: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When
will the new President assume office?" [syn: assume, {take
on}, take over]
4: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice
took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he
adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange
manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these
fables" [syn: assume, acquire, take on, take]
5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from
Nicaragua" [syn: take in]
6: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
[syn: dramatize, dramatise]
7: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone
and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They
adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, embrace, {sweep
up}]

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Definition: Adoption

Adoption \A*dop"tion\, n. [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to
adopt: cf. F. adoption.]
1. 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.
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2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the
adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of
one society into another.
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3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which
originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of
opinions. --Jer. Taylor.
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Dictionary: quick_english-indonesian
Definition: adoption

pemungutan, pengangkatan

Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: adoption

adoption
n 1: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;
"its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide
acceptance" [syn: acceptance, acceptation, espousal]
2: a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation
between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is
entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of
the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
3: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another
source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very
apparent" [syn: borrowing]

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Definition: Adoptious

Adoptious \A*dop"tious\, a.
Adopted. [Obs.]
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Definition: Adoptive

Adoptive \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.
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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: adoptive

adoptive
adj 1: of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive
parents" [ant: biological]
2: acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an
adoptive country" [syn: adopted] [ant: native]

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Definition: Anopsia

Anopsia \A*nop"si*a\ ([.a]*n[o^]p"s[i^]*[.a]), Anopsy \An"op`sy\
([a^]n"[o^]p`s[y^]), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`psis sight.]
(Med.)
Want or defect of sight; blindness.
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Definition: Apsis

Apsis \Ap"sis\ ([a^]p"s[i^]s), n.; pl. Apsides
([a^]p"s[i^]*d[=e]z). See Apse. [L. apsis, absis, Gr.
"apsi`s, "apsi^dos, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel,
the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. "a`ptein to fasten.]
1. (Astron.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a
planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least
distance from the central body, corresponding to the
aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and
perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher
apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining
them, the line of apsides.
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2. (Math.) In a curve referred to polar co["o]rdinates, any
point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
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3. (Arch.) Same as Apse.
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Definition: apsis

apsis
n : a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building
especially the east end of a church; usually contains the
altar [syn: apse]
[also: apsides (pl)]

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Definition: apsis

Apse \Apse\ ([a^]ps), n.; pl. Apses ([a^]p"s[e^]z). [See
Apsis.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church,
having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular
termination, and, most often, projecting from the east
end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied
by seats for the bishop and clergy. Hence:
(b) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
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2. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were
kept.
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Note: This word is also written apsis and absis.
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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: apsis

apsis
n : a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building
especially the east end of a church; usually contains the
altar [syn: apse]
[also: apsides (pl)]

Dictionary: quick_indonesian-english
Definition: dosis

dose