espouse
verb 1
to give in marriage <a couple eager to espouse their eldest daughter> 2
to take as a spouse <heeded his father's advice to espouse someone with whom he had common interests> 3
to take for one's own use (something originated by another) <after working among them for two years in the Peace Corps, she felt compelled to espouse the peasants' cause for social justice> Related Words domesticate,
naturalize;
appropriate,
arrogate,
take over,
usurp;
absorb,
assimilate,
incorporate,
quote;
cherish,
prize,
treasure;
cultivate,
follow,
heed,
honor;
use,
utilize;
bring up,
foster,
nurture,
raise,
rear;
affect,
assume,
copy,
imitate,
pretend,
put on,
simulate Near Antonyms abandon,
forsake,
give up,
relinquish,
surrender;
abjure,
abnegate,
disown;
reject,
renounce,
repudiate,
spurn;
discard,
jettison,
junk,
throw away,
throw out 
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