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choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;
"She followed the feminist movement"
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
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take up and practice as one's own
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take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;
"When will the new President assume office?"
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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"
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take into one's family;
"They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
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put into dramatic form;
"adopt a book for a screenplay"
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take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;
"She embraced Catholicism"
"They adopted the Jewish faith"
