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 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.
To adopt, accept, or include as part of one's own culture.
To nostrificate; to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university.