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Meaning of adopt

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  adopt
      v 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies,
           strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement";
           "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" [syn: {adopt},
           {follow}, {espouse}]
      2: take up and practice as one's own [syn: {adopt}, {borrow},
         {take over}, {take up}]
      3: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will
         the new President assume office?" [syn: {assume}, {adopt},
         {take on}, {take over}]
      4: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took
         on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an
         air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods
         assume human or animal form in these fables" [syn: {assume},
         {acquire}, {adopt}, {take on}, {take}]
      5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from
         Nicaragua" [syn: {adopt}, {take in}]
      6: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" [syn:
         {dramatize}, {dramatise}, {adopt}]
      7: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and
         use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They
         adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: {espouse}, {embrace},
         {adopt}, {sweep up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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