Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - adopt
Adopt
adopt
v.tr. 1 take (a person) into a relationship, esp. another's child as one's own. 2 choose to follow (a course of action etc.). 3 take over (an idea etc.) from another person. 4 choose as a candidate for office. 5 Brit. (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road etc.). 6 accept; formally approve (a report, accounts, etc.). Derivatives adoption n. Etymology: F adopter or L adoptare (as AD-, optare choose)
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verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French ~er, from Latin ~are, from ad+ optare to choose Date: 1500 transitive verb to take by choice into a relationship, to take up and practice or use , to accept formally and put into effect , to choose (a textbook) for required study in a course, intransitive verb to ~ a child , ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun Synonyms: see: ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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