Adopt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adopted; p. pr. & vb. n. Adopting.]
Etymology: [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.
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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists adopt only as an antonym, under abandon.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given