Dictionary Entry
espouse
espouse is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
- 2transitive verb
To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4verb
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
"She embraced Catholicism"
"They adopted the Jewish faith"
- 5verb
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
"She followed the feminist movement"
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- 6verb
take in marriage
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