i Register
In some senses, espouse is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
espouse
UK /ɪˈspaʊz/ US /ɪˈspaʊz/
verb 2
Definitions
verb
1
To marry.
For I am iealous ouer you with godly iealousie, for I haue espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
2
To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).
Although Dowty’s proposal is attractive from the point of view of the alternative argument linking theory that I am espousing, since it eschews the use of thematic roles and thematic role hierarchies, […], but it still has some drawbacks.
Those that espoused this ideology […]
Your note
not saved0 chars