Adopt and Select

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Adopt verb - Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.

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Select is a synonym for adopt in choose topic. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Adopt", when it comes to topics like take on.

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

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Adopt is a synonym for select in choose topic. Sometimes you can use "Adopt" instead a verb "Select".

character	adopt character	select character
role	adopt role	select role
name	adopt name	select name
way	adopt way	select way
Other words: nickname, abilities.

Master-Apprentice Chain: The Four Houses of the Edo period were each a lineage of Go study, where the master would select and adopt a successor from among his pupils, who would in turn become head of the house and adopt his successor.

Source: Tabletop Game / Go
Speaking of Utah, another "cities merge and select an entirely new name" incident: the Salt Lake City suburbs of Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield and Redwood joined together and incorporated in 1980, but decided to adopt the vague and slightly awkward name West Valley City.

Source: Please Select New City Name
Others like Celia in "Alex Annie Alexis Anne" adopt select human "pets." There are a few who've made themselves relatively benign by becoming vegetarian vampires.

Source: Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness

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