Absorb
Take on
Take on verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).
Usage example: recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland
Both terms in one sentence
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Until she got upgraded; as of Chasing Hellfire, it's "turn into living shadow, plus absorb people entirely to feed her youth and immortality, as well as take on the form of victims."
Source: Combo Platter Powers -
Aptom from Guyver can (quite graphically) absorb Zoanoids into himself to take on their form and powers, but for combat he usually takes on a unique form which combines as many of the best traits he has 'eaten' as possible, which he updates from time to time.
Source: Shapeshifter Mashup - Power Copy: The magical Crystal of Absorb lets a person take on the powers of a dead foe by drawing that creature's soul into the user's body.
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