adopt

adopt has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• 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.
• 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.
• v.. take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
• v.. 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"
• v.. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
• v.. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
• v.. take up and practice as one's own
• v.. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
• v.. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"