verb

• To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
• 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 contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
• To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
• To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
• To select and take or approve.
• (chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.