adopter
n.
one who takes as his own, one who embraces or espouses (a person, idea, cause, etc.)
adopter
Noun
1. a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
(synonym) adoptive parent
(hypernym) parent
(derivation) adopt, take in
adopter
v.
adopt, take up; pass, vote; espouse, take over; assume, clear; embrace
Adopter
(n.)
One who adopts.
(n.)
A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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