meaning of adopt3
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, ones own child.
2. To take or receive as ones 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.
3. take into ones family; "They adopted two children from
">Nicaragua"
Related Words
adopt | adoptable | adopted | adoptee | adopter | adopting | adoption | adoptionist | adoptious | adoptive | adoptive parent |
