Crossword-Solution: ADOPTED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Adopted | imp. & p. p. | of Adopt |
| Adopted | a. | Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AEERT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ADOPTED (5)
Balzac (though published after his death), for the purpose of showing that the burlesque style of writing adopted by Scarron and D’Assouci, and at that time so popular in France, had no sanction from the ancient classic writers.
Mistress, in teaching me the alphabet, had given me the _inch,_ and no precaution could prevent me from taking the _ell._ The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of making friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street.
Box 1014, Addis Ababa); telephone [251] (01) 550666 _#_Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and the colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors _*_Economy _#_Overview: Ethiopia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Africa.
Bathsheba too had her sample-bags, and by degrees adopted the professional pour into the hand—holding up the grains in her narrow palm for inspection, in perfect Casterbridge manner.
Since media other than tape are now frequently used, the more descriptive name "Dynamic Debugging Technique" has been adopted, retaining the DDT abbreviation.
Quotes with ADOPTED (3)
Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is only existent after an individual meets the adopted standards of the condemner; oppositely, unconditional love is a holy love.
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
I am pain stricken to say that, various “educational” institutions have adopted the medieval doctrine "fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom" as their motto. Let me tell you this, fear of the Lord, Santa Claus, Krishna, Thor, Hulk or any other imaginary being brings merely the illusion of wisdom, not wisdom. And illusion of wisdom is a billion times more harmful than lack of wisdom.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 51 times in crossword archives (1978–2024).