adopt

Meaning

Verb

To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To select and take or approve.
to win ten consecutive games against an opponent

Origin

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō, equivalent to ad- + opt.

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