Adopted and Bought

Adopted

Adopted adjective - Acquired as your own by free choice.

Bought and adopted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bought" instead a verb "Adopted".

Bought

Bought adjective - Made beforehand in large numbers.

Adopted and bought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adopted" instead a verb "Bought".

Both words in one sentence

  • Franchise / Cabbage Patch Kids All Cabbage Patch Kids are "born" in Babyland General Hosipital, a converted medical clinic located in Xavier Roberts' hometown of Cleveland, Georgianote located about 75 miles north of Atlanta, and were ostensibly "adopted" by new owners, not bought (they came with birth certificates).
  • The recap can be found here.Also, several viewers have noticed that the first act of Delta Knights ("mute" orphan slave is bought for an insultingly low sum, freed, and adopted by a "crippled" beggar who is a spy for a secret organization) is essentially Robert A.
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