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Adopt
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To accept, appropriate, choose, or select, as to adopt a child. To consent to and put into effect, as to adopt a constitution or a law.


adopt v. 1) to take on the relationship of parent to child of another person, particularly (but not necessarily) a minor, by official legal action. 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another defendant's argument in a lawsuit. (See: adoption)


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(K-C), Dallas, Texas, USA has received the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Early Adopter Award from Consumer Goods Technology magazine at its Fall 2005 Conference.
, a Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq:DASTY) company and market-leading provider of 3D development technologies, recently recognized the first ten recipients of the Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5 development platform at the Adopter level.
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