adopt Meaning and Definition

1. v. take into one's family

2. v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

3. v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

4. v. put into dramatic form

5. v. take up and practice as one's own

6. v. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

7. v. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities