To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
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)