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===verb transitive===

[[into a family]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ποιεῖσθαι]], [[εἰσποιεῖσθαι]].

[[get adopted]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰσποιεῖν]].

[[get oneself adopted]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἑαυτὸν εἰσποιεῖν]].

[[adopt a course of action]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἱρεῖσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[προαιρεῖσθαι]].

[[put into force]], [[use]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χρῆσθαι]] (dat.).

[[adopt new manners]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μεθαρμόσαι τρόπους νέους]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Prometheus Vinctus]]'' 309).
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