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espoused
verbpast tense of espouse
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2
to take as a spouse
- heeded his father's advice to espouse someone with whom he had common interests
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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
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