Definition of espouse Espouse
/ɪspawˈz/ - [ispawz] - es•pouse
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| espouse - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" | ||
| embrace, adopt, sweep up | ||
| accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| fasten on, hook on, seize on, latch on, take up take hold of or attach to; "The biochip latches onto the genes" | ||
| espouse - take in marriage | ||
| marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with | ||
| unify, unite become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge" | ||
| inmarry marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry" | ||
| mismarry marry an unsuitable partner | ||
| marry, wed, splice, tie take in marriage | ||
| wive provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife | ||
| wive provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife | ||
| intermarry marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group | ||
| remarry marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart" | ||
| espouse - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" | ||
| adopt, follow | ||
| comply, abide by, follow act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" | ||
| select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | ||
| adhere, stick follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- espouse (v. t.)
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. - espouse (v. t.)
To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. - espouse (v. t.)
To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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espouse
To choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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espouse
es-powz′, v.t. to give in marriage: to take as spouse: to wed: to take with a view to maintain: to embrace, as a cause.—ns. Espous′al, the act of espousing or betrothing: the taking upon one's self, as a cause: (pl.) a contract or mutual promise of marriage; Espous′er. [O. Fr. espouser (Fr. épouser)—L. sponsāre—spondēre, sponsum, to promise.]
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🔤- espouse, verb, present, 1st person singular of espouse (infinitive).
- espouse, verb (infinitive).
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