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Definition for: "Adopt"

To take as one's own; to approve, such as adopting a law.

v. 1) to take on the relationship of parent to child of another person, particularly (but not necessarily) a minor, by official legal action. 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another party's argument in a lawsuit.

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