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a⋅dopt

  [uh-dopt]
Use readopt in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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.).
—Verb phrase
7. adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption: The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
Origin:
1490–1500; (< MF adopter) < L adoptāre, equiv. to ad- ad- + optāre to opt

Related forms:
a⋅dopt⋅er, noun
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Main Entry: adopt
Pronunciation: &-'däpt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child esp. in compliance with formal legal procedures —see also EQUITABLE ADOPTION
2 : to take or accept as if one's own <[the company] adopted the signature on the financing statement —Barber-Greene Company v. Nat'l City Bank of Minneapolis, 816 Federal Reporter, Second Series 1267 (1987)>
3 : to accept formally and put into effect <adopt a constitutional amendment> —adopt·able /&-'däp-t&-b&l/ adjective —adopt·abil·i·ty /&-"däp-t&-'bi-l&-tE/ adverb —adop·tion /&-'däp-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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