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espouse

verb

1 espouse

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans:
— The candidate espouses Republican ideals.

synonyms: adopt, follow.

2 espouse

Take in marriage.

synonyms: conjoin, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed.

Roget 903: marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched [U.S.], lead to the hymeneal altar, take 'for better for worse'," give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon.    ... show more

Dutch: huwen, in de echt verbinden, trouwen, zich in de echt verbinden

3 espouse

Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.

synonyms: adopt, embrace, sweep up.

Roget 609: offers one's choice, set before; hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative; put to the vote.    use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option; adopt, take up, embrace, ... show more

Dutch: trouwen, met, omarmen, omhelzen


Moby thesaurus: accept, adopt, advocate, affiliate, allege in support, answer, approve, argue for, assert, back, be made one, be spliced, become one, campaign for, carry, catch, champion, contend for, contract matrimony, counter ... show more.

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