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adopt
 \\ə-ˈdäpt\\ verbtransitive verb
1. to take by choice into a relationship; especially : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) as one's own child
2. to take up and practice or use
    adopted a moderate tone
3. to accept formally and put into effect
    adopt a constitutional amendment
4. to choose (a textbook) for required study in a course
intransitive verb
: to adopt a child
    couples choosing to adopt
• adopt·abil·i·ty  \\-ˌdäp-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\\ noun
• adopt·able  \\-ˈdäp-tə-bəl\\ adjective
• adopt·er noun
Synonyms.
  , ,  mean to take an opinion, policy, or practice as one's own.  implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's nature
      forced to adopt new policies
   implies a ready or happy acceptance
      embraced the customs of their new homeland
   adds an implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes
      espoused the cause of women's rights

adopt
\əˈdäpt\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptare, from ad- + optare to choose, desire — more at 
1. : to take by free choice into a close relationship previously not existing especially by a formal legal act
 < a country glad to have them as adopted citizens >
specifically : to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of or as one's own child
 < they adopted him as their sole heir >
2. 
 a. : to take up or accept especially as a practice or tenet often evolved by another: as
  (1) : to come to believe in : , 
   < one no longer adopts an idea unless it is driven in with hammers of statistics and columns of figures — Henry Adams >
  (2) : to accept formally : acknowledge or enact as true, wise, fitting, germane
   < no proposal for curtailment of the Supreme Court power over legislation has ever been adopted — Felix Frankfurter >
  (3) : to use as wonted or accustomed : , 
   < she had adopted a blend of sisterly authority and business brusqueness — William McFee >
   < a precaution which … he had adopted whenever he carried more than two or three shillings — Thomas Hardy >
 b. : to take over (a loanword) especially with little or no change in form
3. of a deliberative body : to endorse and assume official responsibility for (a resolution of a committee)
4. : to choose (a textbook) for required study in a school subject
Synonyms: 
 ,  agree in indicating an accepting, taking, or receiving as a belief to be held or practice to be followed.  may stress the fact that the belief or practice is not of one's own invention but is voluntarily taken from another's example
  < none seem to have yet adopted the utterly abominable European hat — Lafcadio Hearn >
  < Turkey … has adopted a Latin alphabet >
  < gave up old customs reluctantly, but once they had adopted a new one they found it impossible to understand why everyone else did not immediately do likewise — Edith Wharton >
  It may refer to an attitude or gesture taken or to a bill or measure passed or accepted formally
  < he noticed that now, far from looking glum, she had adopted a winning manner — Edith Sitwell >
  < Calhoun's address was adopted, the Whigs voting against it — R.P.Brooks >
   may suggest ready, willing, or happy acceptance or reception of a belief or practice
  < born on Manhattan's poverty-ridden East Side, they embraced the Communist movement in their teens — New York Times >
  < “I hate inversions”, declared Tennyson — a statement which, I fear, will lead some of the modernists forthwith to embrace them — J.L.Lowes >
   may indicate either genuine depth of attachment or lasting and participating acceptance and alliance
  < when … Gobineau's Essay was resuscitated from comparative oblivion and its dogmas passionately and popularly espoused — Ruth Benedict >
  < the spirit of uncompromising individualism that would eventually espouse the principle of democracy in church and state — V.L.Parrington >