verb (v)

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  arrogate, assume, seize, usurp
  

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• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  adopt, assume, take on
  

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• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  relieve
  

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• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  accept, assume, bear
  

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• take over ownership of; of corporations and companies(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  buy out, buy up
  

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• do over(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  repeat
  

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• take up and practice as one's own(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  adopt, borrow, take up
  

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• take up, as of debts or payments(verb.possession)

  Synonym:
  absorb
  

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