take in as

take someone in as something

to make someone a member of an organization. We took her in as an associate at first. I took in Karen as an associate.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Avedis	-	Armenian
Jodi	JO-dee	English
Constanze	-	German
Clementina	kle-men-TEE-nah (Italian, Spanish), klə-mən-TEE-nə (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Hester	HES-tər (English)	English, Biblical Latin
Lucian	LOO-shən (English)	Romanian, English