adopt
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- definition take up and practice as one's own
- definition take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- definition take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- definition take into one's family
- definition put into dramatic form
- definition take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own