He might claim the property from South America, establish his identity before the British authorities there and so obtain the fortune without ever coming to England at all, or he might adopt an elaborate disguise during the short time that he need be in London; or, again, he might furnish an accomplice with the proofs and papers, putting him in as heir, and retaining a claim upon some proportion of his income.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— to take by choice into a relationship
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Macmillan
— to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or method
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1 use of ‘adopt’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle