English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Result for Adopt

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.
Adopt (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.