ADOPT


Meaning of ADOPT in English

v. a.

1.

Appropriate, take to one's self, take or select as one's own, assume.

2.

Approve, accept, avow, espouse, support, maintain.

3.

Affiliate, father, take as one's own child, treat as one's own child.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.