Synonyms for espouse
ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs

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1. adopt, follow, espouse(verb)

   choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

   "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, take in, embrace, play along, acquire, travel along, keep an eye on, fall out, sweep up, take, adopt, hook up with, borrow, comply, come after, assume, abide by, survey, take over, be, watch over, pursue, take after, keep up, get hitched with, get married, wed, watch, keep abreast, follow, marry, stick to, observe, surveil, conjoin, dramatise, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, take on, trace, stick with, dramatize, take up

2. marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse(verb)

   take in marriage

   Synonyms:
   follow, hook up with, get hitched with, conjoin, wed, tie, sweep up, adopt, marry, join, get married, splice, embrace

3. espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up(verb)

   take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

   "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

   Synonyms:
   embrace, adopt, hook up with, acquire, marry, sweep, cover, get hitched with, dramatize, wed, hug, take up, comprehend, assume, get married, embroil, take in, encompass, follow, squeeze, sweep up, conjoin, bosom, take, take over, dramatise, drag in, borrow, take on, drag, tangle

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1. espouse(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   betroth, promise marriage with

2. espouse(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   marry, wed, join in wedlock

3. espouse(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   adopt, defend, embrace, maintain, support

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How to use espouse in a sentence?

1. Abdullah Younous:

   It’s nice to see that our policies and what we espouse are resonating with people running for governor, the landscape is really shifting, and people are noticing it across the state.

2. Jacindamania Ardern:

   I've said many times that we are a nation of 200 ethnicities, 160 languages, we open our doors to others and say welcome. The only thing that must change after the events of Friday is that this same door must close on all of those who espouse hate and fear.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi'm not trying to run out the clock. Let House Speaker Nancy Pelosi get sophisticated about this, OK ? we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed, not one day sooner. And everybody has the liberty and the luxury to espouse their own position and to criticize me for trying to go down the path in the most determined positive way. Again, their advocacy for impeachment only gives me leverage.

4. Justice Diane MacDonald:

   It appears that, due to their strong religious beliefs, they are intolerant of those who do not espouse identical views. This includes other Christians.

5. Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   There is a real danger, especially when the blockade is not resilient enough to hold back a political group that does not espouse our democracy's core values.

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