<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause.</li><li>Archaic: to marry.</li><li>Archaic: to give or promise to give (a woman) in marriage.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Advocate</li><li>Champion</li><li>Support</li></ul>