Adopt: Difference between revisions

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Latin adoptare; ad + optare - to choose, desire: compare French adopter. See option.

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; especially to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
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.

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+==English==
+===Etymology===
+Latin [[adoptare]]; [[ad]] + optare - to choose, desire: compare French [[adopter]].  See [[option]].
+===Pronunciation===
+* /ʌˈdɑpt/
+===Verb===
+# To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; especially to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
+#: ''A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.''
+# 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.