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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr & vb n. {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare ad + optare to choose desire: cf F. adopter. See {Option}.] 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.
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