Espouse /(?)/

Es·pouse

Espouse

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Espoused; p. pr. & vb. n. Espousing

  1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
    A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.
    — Luke i. 27.
  2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
    Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse.
  3. 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.
    Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war.