adopts

英[əˈdɔpts]

v. 采用( adopt的第三人称单数 ); 收养; 正式接受; 吸收（外来词语）

v choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans\nv take up and practice as one's own\nv take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities\nv take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect\nv take into one's family\nv put into dramatic form\nv take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own