simple past tense and past participle of adopt
"After they decided to welcome a new baby into their family, we visited the hospital where he was adopted last week."
In plain English: To adopt something means to choose it as your own and start using or believing in it.
"They decided to adopt a new dog from the shelter last week."
Usage: Use "adopted" to describe a child who has legally been taken into another family or an idea that someone has chosen to start using. Do not use it to mean something was borrowed temporarily, as the action implies a permanent change in status.
Derived from Latin adoptare, meaning "to choose as one's own," this term originally referred to legally taking another child into one's family. It later evolved in English to describe any person or thing formally taken on by an individual or group.