adopt
uh dopt
- v choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- v take up and practice as one's own
- v take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- v take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
he adopted an air of superiority - v take into one's family
They adopted two children from Nicaragua - v put into dramatic form
adopt a book for a screenplay - v take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
They adopted the Jewish faith
- Now Seeley can legally adopt Allen's biological daughter Amelia, 2, and Allen can adopt Seeley's adopted son Foster, 1, and this ability to become more like other families delights .
- The battle between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow spotlights the triumphs and traumas of large adoptive families.
- As more Chinese are adopting and with new restrictions in place on which foreigners can adopt, American adoption of Chinese children has dropped by half in the past three years.