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

1. transitive verb. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
2. transitive verb. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
3. 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.
4. verb. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

   "She embraced Catholicism"

   "They adopted the Jewish faith"

   Synonyms: adopt, embrace

5. verb. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

   "She followed the feminist movement"

   "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

   Synonyms: adopt, follow

6. verb. take in marriage

   Synonyms: conjoin, marry, wed

Synonyms

adopt, embrace, follow, conjoin, marry, wed

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in espouse:

poseuse

Common word forms

espoused, espouser, espouses, espousing, espousement

Words from these letters

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