'adopt' definitions:

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" [syn: adopt, follow, espouse]

Take up and practice as one's own [syn: adopt, borrow, take over, take up]

Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" [syn: assume, adopt, take on, take over]

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" [syn: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take]

Take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" [syn: adopt, take in]

Put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" [syn: dramatize, dramatise, adopt]

Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up]