Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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adoption | Yes | No | No | No |
naturalisation | Yes | No | No | No |
adoption (noun) | naturalisation (noun) |
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the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship |
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source | changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology |
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) | the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous |
the quality of being brought into conformity with nature |