· choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
Hypernym(s): choose, take, select, pick_out
· take in marriage
Synonym(s): marry, get_married, wed, conjoin, hook_up_with, get_hitched_with
· take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
Synonym(s): embrace, adopt, sweep_up
Hypernym(s): accept