Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To legally take another's child and bring them up as one's own, or to start to use a particular method, idea, etc.
Adopt
/əˈdɒpt/Synonyms:
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Examples:
They decided to adopt a little baby girl.We should adopt a new approach to this issue.
Etymology:
From the Latin adoptare, meaning to choose for oneself, to select, to take into oneself, from ad meaning to and optare meaning to choose.
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