Espouse

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. To adhere to or advocate.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To take in marriage; marry.
  • transitive verb. To give (a woman) in marriage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • noun. A spouse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
  • transitive verb. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To become/get married to.
  • verb. To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. take in marriage
  • verb. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  • verb. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  • Word Usage
    "The solution you espouse is far, far worse than the supposed problem."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aus  Gauss  House  Klaus  Laos  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accept  adopt  adopt  advocate  affiliate  
    verb-form