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espouse
Overview of verb espouse
The verb espouse has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) adopt, follow, espouse -- (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals")
2. marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse -- (take in marriage)
3. espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up -- (take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith")
Antonyms of verb espouse
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb espouse
3 senses of espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 2
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
=> unite, unify
=> join, fall in, get together
Sense 3
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb espouse
3 senses of espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
=> adhere, stick
Sense 2
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
=> inmarry
=> mismarry
=> wive
=> wive
=> intermarry
=> remarry
Sense 3
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb espouse
3 senses of espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 2
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
=> unite, unify
Sense 3
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> accept
'Cause To' of verb espouse
Derived Forms of verb espouse
1 of 3 senses of espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
RELATED TO>(noun) espousal#3
=> adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
Domain of verb espouse
Domain Terms of verb espouse
Familiarity of verb espouse
espouse used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb espouse
3 senses of espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb espouse
3 senses of espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 2
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
> unite, unify
=> league
=> federate, federalize, federalise
=> confederate
=> ally with
=> consociate, associate
=> band together, confederate
=> reunify, reunite
=> marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
=> pair, pair off, partner off, couple
=> club
Sense 3
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
> accept
=> acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
=> espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> believe
=> receive
=> approbate
=> resign, reconcile, submit
=> acknowledge
=> take a bow
=> respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb espouse
Sense 1
adopt, follow, espouse
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 2
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
=> unite, unify
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Sense 3
espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
=> accept
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Grep of verb espouse
espouse
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