To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To select and take or approve.
To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
Designated; appointed; chosen.
Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.