| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To marry, join, connect, combine or conjoin.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb espouse.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (espouse) | 1. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals".[Wordnet]. 2. Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.[Wordnet]. 3. Take in marriage.[Wordnet]. 4. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.[Websters]. 5. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.[Websters]. 6. 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.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: espousing, espoused, espouses, espouser, espousers, espousingly and espousedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ESPOUSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ESPOUSING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Betrothing; promising in marriage by covenant; marrying; uniting indissolubly; taking part in.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of espouse. (references) | ||
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