Definitions for adopted

(choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals")

(take up and practice as one's own)

(take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?")

(take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables")

(take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua")

(put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay")

(take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith")

(acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country")