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5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
verb take up and practice as one's own
verb take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
originFrom Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0