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espoused
/ɪˈspaʊzd/
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What does espoused mean?
adjective
- Having been espoused or claimed; held (as a belief or position).
- Married, engaged, or in a committed monogamous relationship.
verb
- simple past and past participle of espouse
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈspaʊzd/
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During her lifetime she may be counted on to carry forward the cause she has so ardently espoused.
The "Friends of Man," whose cause he had espoused, treated him scurvily, imprisoning him in the Luxembourg, where he lay for eleven months.
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Orpheus says, "The fair river of Ocean was the first to marry, and he espoused his sister Tethys, who was his mothers daughter."
And to appease Caepio's wrath, he gave him his own daughter in marriage, who had been espoused before to Faustus, the son of Sylla.
Cowardice urges me to become the adherent of that creed, which is espoused by my nearest friends, or those who are most qualified to serve me.