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v. To take in marriage; marry.

v. To give (a woman) in marriage.

v. To give one's loyalty or support to (a cause, for example); adopt.

v. To become/get married to.

v. To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

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

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

v. 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.

n. A spouse.

To promise, engage, or bestow in marriage; betroth.

To take in marriage; marry; wed.

To take to one's self, or make one's own; embrace; adopt; become a participator or partizan in: as, to espouse the quarrel of another; to espouse a cause.

To pledge; commit; engage.

v. take in marriage

v. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

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

"The stand that Pastor Hagee and Parsley espouse is not anything new or revelational as "new" or "recently"."

espoused    espouses    espousing   

espousal    spouse    sponsor   

marry    adopt    embrace    betroth    defend   

Aus    Gauss    House    Klaus    Laos    Strauss    Taos    allows    arouse    blouse