ESPOUSE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one’’s own
   Synonym(s)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • embrace (what does embrace mean?)
   • sweep up (what does sweep up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She embraced Catholocism
   • They adopted the Jewish faith
   Hypernyms(s) espouse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • accept (what does accept mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • take up (what does take up mean?)
   • latch on (what does latch on mean?)
   • fasten on (what does fasten on mean?)
   • hook on (what does hook on mean?)
   • seize on (what does seize on mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • borrowing (what does borrowing mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • embrace (what does embrace mean?)
   • bosom (what does bosom mean?)
2. Meaning
   • choose and follow
   • as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
   Synonym(s)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • follow (what does follow mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She followed the feminist movement
   • The candidate espouses Republican ideals
   Hypernyms(s) espouse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • choose (what does choose mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • select (what does select mean?)
   • pick out (what does pick out mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • adhere (what does adhere mean?)
   • stick (what does stick mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • espousal (what does espousal mean?)
   • following (what does following mean?)
   • followers (what does followers mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   • acceptation (what does acceptation mean?)
   • espousal (what does espousal mean?)
3. Meaning
   • take in marriage
   Synonym(s)
   • conjoin (what does conjoin mean?)
   • get hitched with (what does get hitched with mean?)
   • get married (what does get married mean?)
   • hook up with (what does hook up with mean?)
   • marry (what does marry mean?)
   • wed (what does wed mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) espouse is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unite (what does unite mean?)
   • unify (what does unify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • inmarry (what does inmarry mean?)
   • mismarry (what does mismarry mean?)
   • wive (what does wive mean?)
   • wive (what does wive mean?)
   • intermarry (what does intermarry mean?)
   • remarry (what does remarry mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • marriage (what does marriage mean?)
   • wedding (what does wedding mean?)
   • marriage ceremony (what does marriage ceremony mean?)
   • marriage (what does marriage mean?)
   • wedding (what does wedding mean?)
   • marriage ceremony (what does marriage ceremony mean?)