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    es·pouse
    [iˈspouz, eˈspouz]
    verb
    espouse (verb) · espouses (third person present) · espoused (past tense) · espoused (past participle) · espousing (present participle)
    1. adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life):
      "he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth"
    2. archaic
      marry:
      "Edward had espoused the lady Grey"
      • (be espoused to)
        (of a woman) be engaged to (a particular man):
        "she was secretly espoused to his son, Peter" · "a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘take as a spouse’): from Old French espouser, from Latin sponsare, from sponsus ‘betrothed’, past participle of spondere.
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    verb
    1. adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life):
      take to one's heart
      receive enthusiastically/wholeheartedly
      give help to
      be on the side of
      side with
      be in favor of
      aid and abet
      vote for
      ally oneself with
      stand behind
      take someone's part
      take up the cudgels for
      vouch for
      approve of
      give one's blessing to
      smile on
      Opposite:
    2. marry:
      take to wife/husband
      lead to the altar
      wive
      Opposite:
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