espouse

[Es*pouse·]

Use the verb espouse to describe the actions of someone who lives according to specific beliefs, such as your friends who espouse environmentalism and as a result walk whenever possible instead of taking the car.

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To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

Verb
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one''s own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

Verb
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

Verb
take in marriage

v. t.
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

v. t.
To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

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.

Espouse

Es*pouse" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espoused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Espousing.] [OF. espouser, esposer, F. '82pouser, L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly or sacredly. Cf. Spouse.] 1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.

2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse.

3. 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. "He espoused that quarrel." Bacon.

Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war.

To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

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Usage Examples

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

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