adopt

Forms

1.To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
- We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
- We adopted an elephant at the local zoo.
- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
2.To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates.
3.To select and take or approve.
- These are resolutions that were adopted.
- Every society should adopt an order of business adapted to its special wants.
- Having found a property that 'feels' right you then have to adopt a hard-headed attitude and consider the realities of life in a new environment.
4.To beat an opponent ten times in a row.(slang)
- The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted.
- "That's it, that's it!" the Grandmaster Eric Hansen bellowed after following nine straight losses with a win. "You are not adopting me! Not today, not today!"
- Wednesday's event will offer the Russian grandmaster three opportunities to adopt Rensch, though just like in the Speed Chess Championship, Nepomniachtchi will have to race against the clock.

Common· #1797

From Middle French adopter

From Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.