Adopting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.
     F. adopter. See {Option}.]
     1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,
        friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child
        of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own


        child.
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     2. 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.
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