adopt

choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

take up and practice as one's own

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

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 into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

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