espouse

Meaning

  1. To marry.
  2. To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈspaʊz/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre, present active infinitive of spōnsō (frequentative of spondeō), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.

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