Adopted and Desired

Adopted

Adopted adjective - Acquired as your own by free choice.

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

Desired

Desired adjective - Greatly desired.
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Adopted and desired are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adopted" instead a verb "Desired".

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  • Useful Notes / Australian Wildlife Later adopted by Australia at large as our very own fictional beast to scare tourists with.note For some reason it rarely entered our heads that just bluntly describing the perfectly real Australian fauna often has the desired reaction anyway.
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