espouse

1. v. t. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. Source: opted

2. v. t. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Source: opted

3. v. t. 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: opted

4. v. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans Source: wordnet

5. v. take in marriage; married Source: wordnet

6. v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own Source: wordnet

7. 1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. Luke i. 27. 2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry. Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse. Shak. 3. 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. "He espoused that quarrel." Bacon. Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war. Bp. Burnet. Source: webster

8. v:100 v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own Source: ecdict

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