adopt
- sense 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- adopt follow espouse
- choose take select pick_out
- decide make_up_one's_mind determine
- sense 2: take up and practice as one's own
- adopt borrow take_over take_up
- sense 3: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- assume adopt take_on take_over
- sense 4: 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"
- assume acquire adopt take_on take
- sense 5: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- adopt take_in
- sense 6: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
- dramatize dramatise adopt
- sense 7: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
- espouse embrace adopt sweep_up