( 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. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012