Ablactation: alternatives and connections

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the…

A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

of Breast

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.

A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. thr…

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

The act of weaning.

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communic…