adopt as

adopt someone as something

to choose someone as something. The committee will adopt Jane as its candidate.

to take on something, such as a policy or principle, as one's own. I will adopt this policy as my own.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Frigg	FRIG	Norse Mythology
Aysel	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani
Bettina (1)	be-TEE-nah	German
Karlmann	-	German (Archaic)
Peter	PEE-tər (English), PE-ter (German, Slovak), PAY-tər (Dutch)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Kathy	['kæθi]