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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"

take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

take up and practice as one's own

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"

take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

take up and practice as one's own

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally; to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.

To assume the legal relationship of parent to another person's child. See also adoption. To approve or accept something -- for example, a legislative body may adopt a law or an amendment, a government agency may adopt a regulation or a party to a lawsuit may adopt a particular argument.

To choose or take to be one's own, as a child or an idea.

To choose: to take as one's own what is another's, as a child, etc.

To choose; take for one's own; take as one's child.

To accept as one's own.

To receive and regard the child of another as one's own; to embrace, assume as one's own.

To take or receive as one's own what is not naturally so-as a person, a thing, an opinion; to choose.