Answer and Explanation:
The context clues allowed me to understand that the word "adopt" had the meaning of "use". This conclusion can be drawn, because the context shows that several authors were inspired by the work "The legend of Arthur" to create their stories. In this way, we can contextualize that these inspirations caused these authors to use original terms from "The legend of Arthur" in the works they wrote, thus allowing them to "adopt" these terms, that is, they used terms that had not been generated by they.
