espouse

espouse

adopt; champion, advocate: espouse a plan; to marry
Not to be confused with:expound – explain; state in detail: to expound a theory

es·pouse

E0214900 (ĭ-spouz′)tr.v. es·poused, es·pous·ing, es·pous·es 1. To adhere to or advocate: espoused a contrarian viewpoint.2. a. To take in marriage; marry.b. To give (a woman) in marriage.

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[Middle English espousen, to marry, from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre, frequentative of spondēre, to betroth; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]

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es·pous′er n.

espouse

(ɪˈspaʊz) vb (tr) 1. to adopt or give support to (a cause, ideal, etc): to espouse socialism. 2. archaic (esp of a man) to take as spouse; marry[C15: from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre to affiance, espouse] esˈpouser n

es•pouse

(ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs)

v.t. -poused, -pous•ing. 1. to adopt or embrace, as a cause. 2. to marry. 3. to give (a woman) in marriage. [1425–75; < Middle French espouser < Latin spōnsāre to betroth] es•pous′er, n.

espouse

Past participle: espoused
Gerund: espousing

Imperative
espouse
espouse

Present
I espouse
you espouse
he/she/it espouses
we espouse
you espouse
they espouse

Preterite
I espoused
you espoused
he/she/it espoused
we espoused
you espoused
they espoused

Present Continuous
I am espousing
you are espousing
he/she/it is espousing
we are espousing
you are espousing
they are espousing

Present Perfect
I have espoused
you have espoused
he/she/it has espoused
we have espoused
you have espoused
they have espoused

Past Continuous
I was espousing
you were espousing
he/she/it was espousing
we were espousing
you were espousing
they were espousing

Past Perfect
I had espoused
you had espoused
he/she/it had espoused
we had espoused
you had espoused
they had espoused

Future
I will espouse
you will espouse
he/she/it will espouse
we will espouse
you will espouse
they will espouse

Future Perfect
I will have espoused
you will have espoused
he/she/it will have espoused
we will have espoused
you will have espoused
they will have espoused

Future Continuous
I will be espousing
you will be espousing
he/she/it will be espousing
we will be espousing
you will be espousing
they will be espousing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been espousing
you have been espousing
he/she/it has been espousing
we have been espousing
you have been espousing
they have been espousing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been espousing
you will have been espousing
he/she/it will have been espousing
we will have been espousing
you will have been espousing
they will have been espousing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been espousing
you had been espousing
he/she/it had been espousing
we had been espousing
you had been espousing
they had been espousing

Conditional
I would espouse
you would espouse
he/she/it would espouse
we would espouse
you would espouse
they would espouse

Past Conditional
I would have espoused
you would have espoused
he/she/it would have espoused
we would have espoused
you would have espoused
they would have espoused

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	espouse - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"adopt, followchoose, pick out, select, 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"abide by, comply, 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"adhere, stick - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
	2.	espouse - take in marriage get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed, conjoinunite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or beliefinmarry - marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry"mismarry - marry an unsuitable partnermarry, splice, wed, tie - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"wive - marry a woman, take a wifewive - take (someone) as a wifeintermarry - marry within the same ethnic, social, or family groupremarry - marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
	3.	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"sweep up, embrace, adoptfasten on, hook on, seize on, take up, latch on - adopt; "take up new ideas"accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

espouse

verb support, back, champion, promote, maintain, defend, adopt, take up, advocate, embrace, uphold, stand up for She ran away to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause.

espouse

verb1. To join or be joined in marriage:marry, mate, wed.Slang: hitch.Idiom: tie the knot.2. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own:adopt, embrace, take on, take up.

Translations

adopterappuyermaintenirabbracciare [una causa]fiancheggiaresposare [una causa]aannemenin het huwelijk tredenmetondersteunentot man nemen