adopt
verb (used with object)
to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent.
quasi-adopted
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a word derived from
adopt.
Example Sentences
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In her final memoir before her death, Diski, who was quasi-adopted by Doris Lessing, examines the origin, and the close, of her life as a writer.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
There’s François Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel series, in which we watch that character, a truant kid played by Truffaut’s onscreen proxy and eventual quasi-adopted son Jean-Pierre Léaud, age from around 12 to around 32.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2014
