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