adopt

B2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /əˈdɒpt/US /əˈdɑːpt/

Meaning

verb
to take somebody else’s child into your family and become its legal parent(s)
a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt

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She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.

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She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.

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