To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
To encroach.
To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
To take on a position, duty or form
To receive, adopt (a person)
To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
To adopt (an idea or cause)