Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)adopt, follow, espousechoose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans“She followed the feminist movement”,
“The candidate espouses Republican ideals” (v)assume, acquire, adopt, take on, taketake 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” (v)adopt, take intake into one's family“They adopted two children from Nicaragua” (v)espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep uptake up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own“She embraced Catholicism”,
“They adopted the Jewish faith”