v. 25B6; verb
the child was adopted by an American family : take as one's child, be adoptive parents to, take in, take care of.
they adopted local customs : EMBRACE, take on/up, assume, espouse; appropriate, arrogate.
the people adopted him as their patron saint : CHOOSE, select, pick, vote for, elect, settle on, decide on, opt for; name, nominate, appoint.
abandon.