To take into one's family through legal means and raise as one's own child.
파생어
adoption [명] adoptive [형]
예문
1. adopt a method (한 방법을 택하다) 2. adopt a child as one's heir (아이를 상속자로서 양자 삼다) 3. adopt a person into a family (…을 가족의 일원으로 삼다) 4. adopt a word from German (독일어에서 단어를 차용하다)
