espouse

Verb

Meaning

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

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

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

follow marry adopt embrace wed conjoin get married sweep up hook up with second support take back married maintain
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Antonyms

attack separate cavil avoid stop block
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Hypernyms

take accept choose select unite unify

Hyponyms

stick adhere remarry intermarry wive seize on

Related terms

sponsor spouse espousal

Derivatives

espoused espousing

Anagrams

poseuse

Examples

She embraced Catholicism Source: Internet

They adopted the Jewish faith Source: Internet

She followed the feminist movement Source: Internet

The candidate espouses Republican ideals Source: Internet

As noble as the Widow's intentions might be, it does not portray the picturesque vision of heroism All Might has come to espouse. Source: Internet

Breton insisted that Surrealism was an ongoing revolt against the reduction of humanity to market relationships, religious gestures and misery and to espouse the importance of liberating the human mind. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

espousable espousage espousal espousement espouser espressivo