adopt

Etymology
From, from ; , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
 * 2) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
 * 3) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
 * 4) To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
 * 5)  To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
 * 6) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
 * 7) To select and take or approve.
 * 8)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
 * 2) To select and take or approve.
 * 3)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1) To select and take or approve.
 * 2)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1) To select and take or approve.
 * 2)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
 * 1)  To beat an opponent ten times in a row.

Usage notes
In the sense of taking a child into one's family, Modern English makes a distinction between (which is implied to be temporary or informal) and  (which is permanent and makes the child legally recognized as part of the family). In older usage the two terms were more interchangeable.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَبَنَّى
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: nhiljedz
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: asvaba, adoptya
 * Czech:, osvojit
 * Danish: adoptere
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: ættleiða
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: adokte
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ættleiða
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 養子にする
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 입양하다
 * Latin: adoptō
 * Latvian: adoptēt
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: adoptera
 * Old English: ġewȳsċan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: churichakuy
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: uchd-mhacaich
 * Serbo-Croatian: усвојити,, (Croatia)
 * Slovak: adoptovať, osvojiť si
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: evlat edinmek
 * Ukrainian: всино́влювати, усино́влювати, вдочеря́ти, удочеря́ти
 * Vietnamese: nhận làm con nuôi
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: אַדאָפּטירן
 * Zazaki: depıtene


 * Arabic: تَبَنَّى
 * Azerbaijani: mənimsəmək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: goed keuren
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 採用する
 * Latin: asciscō, adoptō
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ; , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: uchd-mhacaich
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: приймати, засво́ювати, перейма́ти


 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,  ,
 * Latin: asciscō


 * Hebrew: (le'ametz)
 * Japanese: (saiyō suru)
 * Korean: