Definition of Espose
Es*pouse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Espoused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Espousing.] [OF. espouser, esposer, F.
épouser, L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr.
sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise
solemnly or sacredly. Cf. Spouse.] 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.
Shak.
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. "He espoused that quarrel." Bacon.
Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as
soon as he got out of the war. Bp. Burnet.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to become married to
- to accept, support, or take on as one's own (an idea or a cause)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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