English Explanatory Dictionary

adopt out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
  2. To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
  3. To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.

Word forms

adopt out adopts out adopting out adopted out
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