espouse

1 to give in marriage a couple eager to espouse their eldest daughter Synonyms of espouse marry, match, wedWords Related to espouse commit, engage; affiance, betroth, pledge, promise

2 to take as a spouse heeded his father's advice to espouse someone with whom he had common interests Synonyms of espouse marry, wedWords Related to espouse affiance, betroth, commit, engage, pledge, promise, propose; remarryNear Antonyms of espouse separate (from)Antonyms of espouse divorce

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 Synonyms of espouse borrow, embrace, adopt, take on, take upWords Related to espouse 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, simulateNear Antonyms of espouse abandon, forsake, give up, relinquish, surrender; abjure, abnegate, disown; reject, renounce, repudiate, spurn; discard, jettison, junk, throw away, throw out