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 fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
To name (someone to a post or role).
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.