Take as one's own (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ADOPT

{ Related Clues }

Assume
Embrace
Espouse
___ a platform
Take in
Take in or on
Accept formally
Begin using
Choose for keeps
Choose, as a policy
Choose and take
Decide to use
Opposite of reject
Take over
Take in, on or up
Vote to accept
Embrace as one's own
Give a foundling a home
Take up and use
One way to enlarge a family
Take under one's wing

{ Tags }

accept, adopt, assume, begin, cause, choose, embrace, espouse, foundling, ones, own, policy, ratify, stray, take, under, up, use, using, vote, wing

{ Notes }

The answer ADOPT is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ADOPT as a verb:

1. (adopt, follow, espouse) = choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

2. (adopt, borrow, take over, take up) = take up and practice as one's own

3. (assume, adopt, take on, take over) = take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

4. (assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take) = 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"

5. (adopt, take in) = take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

6. (dramatize, dramatise, adopt) = put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

7. (espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up) = take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"