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adopt
verb
1.
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
espouse
follow
Event:
adoption
Derived from:
adoption
2.
take up and practice as one's own
onnim
uptake
borrow
take over
take up
Event:
adoption
Derived from:
adoption
adoptive
3.
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
godfather
underfang
assume
take on
take over
4.
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
acquire
assume
take
take on
5.
take into one's family
take in
Agent:
adopter
Event:
adoption
Undergoer:
adoptee
Derived from:
adoptable
adoptee
adopter
adoption
adoptive
6.
put into dramatic form
dramatise
dramatize
7.
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
taken
embrace
espouse
sweep up
Event:
adoption
Derived from:
adoption