Answer: adopts

AnswerCrossword Clue
ADOPTSRescues from the pound, say
ADOPTSTakes as one's own.
ADOPTSEmbraces as one's own.
ADOPTSVotes to accept.
ADOPTSEspouses.
ADOPTSEmbraces.
ADOPTSTakes over.
ADOPTSTakes up.
ADOPTSAccepts formally
ADOPTSDecides to use
ADOPTSBecomes a parent not by childbirth
ADOPTSGoes abroad for a baby, perhaps
ADOPTSTakes under one's wing.
ADOPTSAccepts formally, as a resolution
ADOPTSTakes in opening band
ADOPTSTakes into one's family
ADOPTSEmbraces as one's own
ADOPTSTakes in as one's own
ADOPTSBecomes a parent
ADOPTSTakes up
ADOPTSPasses, as legislation
adoptsto accept as one's own
adoptsADOPT, to take as one's own
adoptsto become the legal parent of (the child of another)
ADOPTSTakes on
ADOPTSTakes in
ADOPTSBegins to follow, as a philosophy
ADOPTSEmbraces
ADOPTSAccepts, as a resolution
ADOPTSEmbraces, as a philosophy
ADOPTSTakes home from the pound
ADOPTSGets pets, maybe
ADOPTSMakes one's own
ADOPTSTakes as one's own
ADOPTSEspouses
ADOPTSVotes to accept
ADOPTSTakes up or takes in
ADOPTSRescues from the pound
ADOPTSChooses for oneself
ADOPTSVotes to approve