Related Words for adopt

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espouse
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Verb, Verb
assume
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Verb, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Verb
dramatize
/xx
Verb, Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Verb
take
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Verb, Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
take up
//
Phrase, Verb
native
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
implement
/xx
Verb
employ
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Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
embrace
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Noun
adoption
x/x
Noun
incorporate
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Verb
enact
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Verb
promulgate
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Verb
adapt
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Verb
introduce
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Verb
propose
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Verb
deploy
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Verb
codify
/xx
Verb
foster
/x
Name
emulate
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Verb
approve
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Verb
institutionalize
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Verb
reject
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Verb
enforce
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Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
integrate
/xx
Verb
devise
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Verb
reintroduce
xxx/
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
rethink
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Verb
renounce
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Verb
impose
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Verb
eschew
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Verb
pursue
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Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
reexamine
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Verb
prescribe
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Verb
formulate
/xx
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb
apply
x/
Verb
accept
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Verb
revise
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Verb
conform
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Verb
choose
/
Verb
inculcate
/xx
Verb
modernize
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Verb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
advocated
/xxx
Verb
reevaluate
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Verb
modify
/xx
Verb
forgo
x/
Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
promote
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Verb
revert
x/
Verb
imitate
/xx
Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
reformulate
x/xx
Verb
acquiesce
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Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb
formalize
/xx
Verb
standardize
/xx
Verb
evolve
x/
Verb
uphold
x/
Verb
seek
/
Verb
move
/
Noun
initiate
x/xx
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
evaluate
x/xx
Verb
approach
x/
Noun
embody
x/x
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
harmonize
/xx
Verb
relocate
x/x
Verb
amalgamate
x/xx
Verb
undergo
xx/
Verb
persuade
x/
Verb
compel
x/
Verb
leapfrog
/x
Noun
procure
x/
Verb
reassess
xx/
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
proscribe
x/
Verb
forced
/
Verb
maintain
x/
Verb
marry
/x
Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
create
x/
Verb
shun
/
Noun
teach
/
Verb
submit
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Verb
mandating
/xx
Verb
jettison
/xx
Noun
change
/
Noun
operationalize
xx/xxx
Verb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
transform
x/
Verb
spurn
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Verb
reinstate
xx/
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
learn
/
Verb
opt
/
Verb, Name
furnish
/x
Verb
agreed
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
characterize
/xxx
Verb
classify
/xx
Verb
convert
/x
Noun
induce
x/
Verb
cultivate
/xx
Verb
utilise
x/x
Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb
build
/
Verb
enshrine
x/
Verb
recognize
/xx
Verb
accede
x/
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
outlaw
/x
Noun
father
/x
Noun
affiliate
x/xx
Noun
export
/x
Noun
carry
/x
Verb
parent
/x
Noun
appoint
x/
Verb
assimilate
x/xx
Verb
mother
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun
attach
x/
Verb
implant
x/
Noun
inherit
x/x
Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
breed
/
Noun
take after
//x
Phrase, Verb
assign
x/
Verb
enter into
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
birth
/
Noun
accommodate
x/xx
Verb
take to
//
Phrase, Verb
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective
connect
x/
Verb
register
/xx
Noun
volunteer
xx/
Noun
take up with
///
Phrase, Verb
surrogate
/xx
Noun
have
/
Verb
subjectivist
x/xx
Adjective
wholesale
/x
Adjective
style
/
Adjective
conformations
xx/x
Noun
euro
/x
Noun
stances
/x
Noun
postures
/x
Noun
uncritically
x/xxx
Adverb
article
/xx
Adverb
unthinkingly
x/xx
Adverb
lifestyles
/x
Noun
pressuring
/xx
Verb
attitude
/xx
Noun
cowardly
/xx
Adverb
provisionally
x/xxx
Adverb
unquestioningly
x/xxx
Adverb
achieve
x/
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
admit
x/
Verb
apprehend
xx/
Verb
appropriation
xxx/x
Noun
approval
x/x
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrive
x/
Verb
authorise
xxx
Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
become
x/
Verb
behave
x/
Verb
beloved
x/
Adjective, Noun
bewitched
x/
Adjective
bring
/
Verb
claims
/
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
conclude
x/
Verb
condone
x/
Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
consider
x/x
Verb
cordiality
/x/xx
Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
countenance
/xx
Noun, Verb
coursing
/x
Noun
darn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
define
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Verb, Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
depend
x/
Verb
dependence
x/x
Noun
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deserted
x/x
Adjective
determine
x/x
Verb
don
/
Name, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw on
//
Phrase, Verb
ducking
/x
Noun
elect
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
embark
x/
Verb
enactment
x/x
Noun
enchanted
x/x
Adjective
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
ensure
x/
Verb
equip
x/
Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
famed
/
Adjective
find
/
Verb, Noun
followers
/xx
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
goddam
/x
Noun
grant
/
Noun, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
haunted
/x
Adjective
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
imagine
x/x
Verb, Noun
include
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Verb, Noun
institute
/xx
Name, Verb, Adjective
introduction
xx/x
Noun
inulin
x/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
join
/
Verb, Noun
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
legislate
/xx
Verb
lonely
/x
Adjective
lonesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
lovely
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
make
/
Verb, Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
mountain
/x
Noun
nearby
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nearest
/x
Adverb
observe
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Verb, Noun
occupy
/xx
Verb, Noun
oh
/
Noun, Verb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
play
/
Verb, Noun
presume
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
provide
x/
Verb
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
ratify
/xx
Verb
reach
/
Verb, Noun
receive
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Verb, Noun
reliance
x/x
Noun
reliant
x/x
Adjective
rely
x/
Verb
repeal
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Noun, Verb
resort
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Noun, Verb
resume
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Verb, Noun
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
rightfully
/xx
Adverb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
sanction
/x
Noun, Verb
seated
/x
Adjective
seize
/
Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
subscribe
x/
Verb
support
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Noun, Verb
suppose
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Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
transpose
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
sfa
x
Name
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective