adopt
verb (used with object)
to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent.
readopt
-
a word derived from
adopt.
Example Sentences
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At home with our screens, we have yet to bounce back from that disruption, yet to readopt old habits like commuting to the office or watching movies at the multiplex.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Demi Lovato is opening up about their gender identity and their choice to readopt she/her pronouns in addition to they/them pronouns.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2023
If I stay much longer, I’ll readopt that broad Midwestern patois, as flat as the surrounding farmland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
Administration sources also revealed last week that plans to readopt some of the mandatory controls of Phase II within the next few weeks are now all but completed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the stress of the Boulangist panic, these same Republicans suddenly threw the scrutin de liste over again in 1889, to readopt and reimpose upon their beloved country the 'intolerable' evils of the scrutin d'arrondissement!
From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert
