Verb

• S: (v) adopt (adopt%2:40:02::), follow (follow%2:40:00::), espouse (espouse%2:40:00::) (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans) "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
• S: (v) marry (marry%2:41:00::), get married (get_married%2:41:00::), wed (wed%2:41:00::), conjoin (conjoin%2:41:00::), hook up with (hook_up_with%2:41:00::), get hitched with (get_hitched_with%2:41:00::), espouse (espouse%2:41:00::) (take in marriage)
• S: (v) espouse (espouse%2:31:00::), embrace (embrace%2:31:00::), adopt (adopt%2:31:04::), sweep up (sweep_up%2:31:00::) (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own) "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"