Adopt

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Verb

adopt follow espouse

Definition: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

adopt borrow take over take up

Definition: take up and practice as one's own

assume adopt take on take over

Definition: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

assume acquire adopt take on take

Definition: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

adopt take in

Definition: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

dramatize dramatise adopt

Definition: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

espouse embrace adopt sweep up

Definition: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

Definition: To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.)

Definition: To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.