adopt vs dispose of

adopt

verb
  • To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. 

  • To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. 

  • To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild. 

  • To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility. 

  • To select and take or approve. 

  • To beat an opponent ten times in a row. 

dispose of

verb
  • To have available, or at one's disposal. 

  • To transfer to another's control. 

  • To get rid of. 

  • To arrange in an orderly way. 

  • To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation. 

How often have the words adopt and dispose of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )