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verb (used with object)
Verb phrase1.
to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
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to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
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to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé.
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to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.
5.
EXPANDto vote to accept: The House adopted the report.
6.
COLLAPSEto accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
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adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
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| adopted (əˈdɒptɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| Compare adoptive having been adopted: an adopted child | |
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Word Origin & History
adopt
1540s, from Fr. adopter (14c.), from L. adoptare "choose for oneself" (esp. a child); see adoption. Or perhaps a back-formation from Eng. adoption. Originally in Eng. also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to
EXPAND embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. are from c.1600.
COLLAPSE
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