Espouse

Word ESPOUSE
Character 7
Hyphenation es pouse
Pronunciations /ɪˈspaʊz/

Definitions and meanings of "Espouse"

What do we mean by espouse?

To adhere to or advocate. transitive verb

To take in marriage; marry. transitive verb

To give (a woman) in marriage. transitive verb

A spouse. noun

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.

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. transitive verb

To become/get married to. verb

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

To become/get married to.

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

An ironic statement that means avoid ambiguity and adopt clarity. It's ironic because it is hypocritical. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Espouse

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The word "espouse" in example sentences

The solution you espouse is far, far worse than the supposed problem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And unfettered advocacy for one, as you espouse, is clearly more Orwellian. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The stand that Pastor Hagee and Parsley espouse is not anything new or revelational as "new" or "recently". ❋ Unknown (2008)

It would almost be funny if it was not so pathetic and hypocritical. the fact that you leftards actually believe the dung splattered logic you espouse is a sad comment on the state of the socialist left in America. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Religious fascism like the sort you espouse is the latest plague! ❋ Unknown (2005)

As for the Conservatives, I also think it’s possible the support they espouse is based on a partisan wedge issue. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At one time the Republican party stood for everything that most Americans value, maybe that was before you were born, it’s really sad your too closed minded to understand that what you espouse is unAmerican. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In some ways, the research provides scientific evidence of what many self-help books and some religious traditions espouse, which is that being in the "here and now" is critical for happiness, Killingsworth said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the morality I "espouse", as you put it, is one that is subscribed to by many people who are not Catholics, and how are we to count them? ❋ Shelagh Power-Chopra (2010)

Following that incident, he said that "we really are, despite the sniffing or dismissals of our liberal critics, 'fair and balanced' at Fox News" and said that the news network does not "espouse" a "conservative point of view." ❋ Unknown (2009)

You would probably have to grapple, however, with the concept of pure capitalism (laissez-faire) that they and I espouse which is NOT the form of capitalism now practiced with the LARGE corporations, banks ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of saying [eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation], Mary just told us to avoid [confusion] and [be clear]. ❋ Alicat III (2009)

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