adopt

1. v. t. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. Source: opted

2. v. t. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted. Source: opted

3. v. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans Source: wordnet

4. v. take up and practice as one's own Source: wordnet

5. v. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities Source: wordnet

6. v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect Source: wordnet

7. v. take into one's family Source: wordnet

8. v. put into dramatic form Source: wordnet

9. v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own Source: wordnet

10. 1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc. ; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. 2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted. Source: webster

11. v:100 v. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans v. take up and practice as one's own v. take into one's family Source: ecdict

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