All 6 Uses

adopt
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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Only the inspector, warned by experience, was careful not to laugh, while Mme. Giry ventured to adopt an attitude that was positively threatening.†
Chpt 4

adopt = take on as one's own
A few rays of light, a wan, sinister light, that seemed to have been stolen from an expiring luminary, fell through some opening or other upon an old tower that raised its pasteboard battlements on the stage; everything, in this deceptive light, adopted a fantastic shape.†
Chpt 6

adopted = took on as one's own
I do not deny that my surprise equals my pleasure at finding you with your adopted mother and that, after what happened between us yesterday, after what you said and what I was able to guess, I hardly expected to see you here so soon.†
Chpt 10
Mamma Valerius turned a terrified face to Christine, who had already run to her adopted mother and was holding her in her arms.†
Chpt 10
"When a man," continued Raoul, "adopts such romantic methods to entice a young girl's affections..."†
Chpt 10 *

adopts = takes on as one's own
Once more, this novel method of walking behind the scenes, adopted by the managers of our National Academy of Music, attracted attention; but the managers themselves thought of nothing but their twenty-thousand francs.†
Chpt 17

adopted = took on as one's own

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