The ancient Goths adopted the children of a former marriage, and put them on the same footing as those of the new family. (Latin, ad-filius, equal to a real son.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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