adoptee

Definition of Adoptee in English :

1. adoptee

someone (such as a child) who has been adopted

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adoptee

verb (transitive)

1. law

to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another's child) as one's own child

2.

to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)

3.

to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one's own

4.

to take on; assume

to adopt a title

5.

to accept (a report, etc)

verb transitive

1.

to choose and bring into a certain relationship; specif., to take into one's own family by legal process and raise as one's own child

2.

to take up and use (an idea, a practice, etc.) as one's own

3.

to choose and follow (a course)

4.

to vote to accept (a committee report, motion, etc.)

5.

to select as a required textbook

n.

One, such as a child, that is or has been adopted.