Adonis
— Noun
– English
~ (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
Adonis
— Noun
– English
~ annual or perennial herbs
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ take up and practice as one's own
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
adopt
— Verb
– English
~ take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"