adopt.html - v.tr.
1 take (a person) into a relationship, esp. another's child as one's own.
2 choose to follow (a course of action etc.).
3 take over (an idea etc.) from another person.
4 choose as a candidate for office.
5 Brit. (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road etc.).
6 accept; formally approve (a report, accounts, etc.).

adoption n. [F adopter or L adoptare (as AD-, optare choose)]

adopt.html - adj.
due to adoption (adoptive son; adoptive father).

adoptively adv. [ME f. OF adoptif -ive f. L adoptivus (as ADOPT)]

adopt.html - v.tr.
1 take (a person) into a relationship, esp. another's child as one's own.
2 choose to follow (a course of action etc.).
3 take over (an idea etc.) from another person.
4 choose as a candidate for office.
5 Brit. (of a local authority) accept responsibility for the maintenance of (a road etc.).
6 accept; formally approve (a report, accounts, etc.).

adoption n. [F adopter or L adoptare (as AD-, optare choose)]

adopt.html - adj.
due to adoption (adoptive son; adoptive father).

adoptively adv. [ME f. OF adoptif -ive f. L adoptivus (as ADOPT)]

adopt.html - n.
(pl. ados) fuss, busy activity; trouble, difficulty.

without more ado immediately. [orig. in much ado = much to do, f. north. ME at do (= to do) f. ON at AT as sign of infin. + DO(1)]

adopt.html - n.
1 an unburnt sun-dried brick.
2 the clay used for making such bricks. [Sp. f. Arab.]