All 6 Uses

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The Idiot
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His estate was sold for the creditors; and the little girls—two of them, of seven and eight years of age respectively,—were adopted by Totski, who undertook their maintenance and education in the kindness of his heart.†
Chpt 1.4

adopted = took on as one's own
At home, he now adopted an attitude of absolute cynicism, but he could not keep this up before Nastasia Philipovna, although he had sworn to make her pay after marriage for all he suffered now.†
Chpt 1.9
He resolved therefore, to see it out, and to adopt the attitude of silent spectator, as most suited to his dignity.†
Chpt 1.15 *

adopt = take on as one's own
With sad surprise the prince observed that the look of distrust, the bitter, ironical smile, had still not altogether left his newly-adopted brother's face.†
Chpt 2.4

adopted = took on as one's own
It seems you are convinced that if you could speak to the people from a window for a quarter of an hour, you could make them all adopt your views and follow you?†
Chpt 2.10

adopt = take on as one's own
The majority of the guests—who were somewhat empty-headed, after all, in spite of their aristocratic bearing—never guessed, in their self-satisfied composure, that much of their superiority was mere veneer, which indeed they had adopted unconsciously and by inheritance.†
Chpt 4.6

adopted = took on as one's own

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