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a⋅dopt
[uh-dopt]
–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrase| 1. | to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname. |
| 2. | to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act. |
| 3. | to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé. |
| 4. | to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course. |
| 5. | to vote to accept: The House adopted the report. |
| 6. | to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.). |
| 7. | adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Adopted
A*dopt"ed\, a. Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word. -- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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