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Meaning Of Adopt
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.
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.